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:
Fayzabad District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fayzabad District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dugh Ghalat Au Occurrence (Dog-Galat)
Talbuzanak Pegmatite Field
Unnamed Au Occurrence

Latitude: 37°12'13"N
Longitude: 70°30'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.203611111111,70.513611111111

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	Beryl	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 Au Be Cs F H K Li Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Gold ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	36	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	35,36	4286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	34,37	30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	35,36	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	35	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	36	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	34,36	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	35,36	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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