Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alma Pegmatite Field
Kamdesh Pegmatite
Pakawalpet Pegmatite Field
Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine)
Unnamed Pegmatite (1)
Unnamed Pegmatite (2)

Latitude: 35°30'21"N
Longitude: 71°9'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.505833333333,71.163888888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Viitaniemiite

Albite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beryllonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Foitite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Väyrynenite ()*	Viitaniemiite ()*	Wodginite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Beryl Beryllonite Childrenite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Topaz
Tourmaline Viitaniemiite

29 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)	3	934,936,937	8803
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	937	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	934,937	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	1	937	47
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	936	5171
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	937	93
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	937	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	937	128
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	937	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	937	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	937	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	937	13
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	937	75
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	937	81
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	934,936,937	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	935,937	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	937	2994
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	937	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	937	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	937	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	937	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	5	934,936,937,938,939	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	937	668
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1	937	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	937	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	937	1476
Väyrynenite ()*	None	BeMn²⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1	937	15
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃	1	937	12
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	937	78

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060299	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060299
R060365	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060365
R060052	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060052

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