Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Jurm District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jurm District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Khaash
Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley)
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 36°51'27"N
Longitude: 70°45'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.8575,70.751666666667

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Sodalite Spinel Titanite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	53	3092
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	48	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	52	27770
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	52	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1	52	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	53,55	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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