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:
Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 240582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bela Ophiolite
Ornach
Wadh

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Artinite	Axinite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Baryte ()*	Borcarite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Manganite ()*	Periclase ()*	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 B Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Axinite Baryte Brucite Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95311	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95305	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	95305	75
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	95312	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95311	11547
Borcarite ()*	None	Ca₄MgB₄O₆(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	95305	6
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	95305	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95305	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	95311	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95311	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	95305	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95311	8173
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	95305	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	95305	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	95305,95311	1487
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	95311	770
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	95305	114
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95311	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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