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Locality Name:
Daykundi, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 226698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daykundi, Afghanistan": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gizab District
Ishtarlay District
Khadir District
Miramor District
Nili District
Sangi Takht District
Shahristan District

Latitude: 33°50'9"N
Longitude: 66°18'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.835833333333,66.304722222222
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 As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparKaoliniteLudwigiteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TourmalineVesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Galena  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)13138803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS13129052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)213125509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183303,304,3134286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211288,293,295,303,304,305,312,313,322,324,3255171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24276,312,315,31727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS4281,283,286,3202600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41281651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612764135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6289,302,307,308,309,31224243
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1276134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211278,290,295,312,314,316,318,319,321,326,32712537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)13134924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22313,32117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22296,31239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25289,296,298,324,32761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3288,301,3124894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)13132705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2289,30921482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61313688
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012981395


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