Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kashan County, Isfahan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 228118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kashan County, Isfahan, Iran": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Josheghan-e-Kamoo
Kashan
Kuh-e Dom Gold Prospect
Qamsar

Latitude: 33°47'42"N
Longitude: 51°56'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.795,51.941666666667

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	67327	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67322	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67325	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	67319,67325,67327	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	67325,67327	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	67327	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67327	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	67325	246
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67319	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67325	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	67325,67327	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67325	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67327	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67327	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67325	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67325,67327	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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