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Locality Name:
Khost, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 226352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khost, Afghanistan": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Nadir Shah Kot District
Sabari District
Spera District
Tani District

Latitude: 33°18'14"N
Longitude: 69°42'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.303888888889,69.713333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayGarnetMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelWollastonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3783,786,78927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2179627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O417913902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17943531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42791,799951
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS179224243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2179612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22792,79639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23782,784,79761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS179221482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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