Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shahristan District, Daykundi, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shahristan District, Daykundi, Afghanistan": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Charkh W-Sn-As Occurrence (Charh)
Sheng Sn Deposit
Taghawlor Pegmatite Field (Taghaqlor)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (5)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (6)
Unnamed Hg Occurrence
Unnamed Pegmatite
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (4)
Unnamed W Occurrence (1)
Unnamed W Occurrence (2)

Latitude: 33°49'0"N
Longitude: 66°35'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.816666666667,66.595555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Spodumene ()*

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 Fe H Hg K Li Na O Pb S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	313	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	312	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	312	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	313	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	312,313,322,324,325	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	312,315,317	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	320	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	312	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	312,314,316,318,319,321,326,327	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	313	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	313,321	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	312	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	324,327	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	312	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	313	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	313	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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