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Locality Name:
Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan


mindat Locality ID: 243098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Besal
Sapat Gali (Soppat; Suppat; Sumpat; Sumput)

Latitude: 35°2'53"N
Longitude: 73°46'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.048055555556,73.775833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
LudwigiteMicaNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTalc
Tourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Katophorite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Talc  (*)Vonsenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1954948803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31954942353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61954942060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41954953902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81954951756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61954944135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1954948173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1954951188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)219549446
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)195495134
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2195494238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1954951487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419549514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219549417380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6195494229
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2195494313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219549461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21954945614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21954953337
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)19549562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050117Sapat Gali (Soppat; Suppat; Sumpat; Sumput), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistanhttps://rruff.info/R050117


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