Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kantiwa Pegmatite Field (Kantiway)
Kantiwa Skarn
Parun (Paroon; Parown) Pegmatite Field
Rose Quartz Occurrence

Latitude: 35°24'35"N
Longitude: 70°51'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.409722222222,70.860555555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Grossular ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pezzottaite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Tourmaline Vesuvianite

14 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)	9	947,949,950,952,954,955,956,959,960	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	949,951,956,960	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	947,949,955,959	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	949	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	949	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	948	1544
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9	947,949,950,952,954,955,956,959,960	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	947,949,952,954,960	17380
Pezzottaite ()*	Beryl	CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	951	6
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2	956,959	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	947,949,954,961	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	949,960	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	10	947,949,950,952,954,955,956,958,959,960	688
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	948	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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