Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Natanz County, Isfahan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 233429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Natanz County, Isfahan, Iran": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Natanz

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Laumontite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67359	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67359	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	67359	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	67359	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67359	8173
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	67359	1271
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	67358	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67359	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67359	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67359	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67359	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	67359	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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