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Locality Name:
Shakhdara Range, Shughnon, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan


mindat Locality ID: 247088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shakhdara Range, Shughnon, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Badom-Dara
Lyangar Corundum Occurrence
Vez-Dara River Valley

Latitude: 37°5'24"N
Longitude: 71°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.09,71.75
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 Be C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U V W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChloriteClayColumbiteCorundumCrichtoniteFeldsparHumiteMica
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSodaliteSpinelZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Davidite-(La)  (*)Diopside  (*)Hambergite  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Humite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jeremejevite  (*)Koragoite  (*)Lazurite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibiocolumbite  (*)Vladimirivanovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl6111555525
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11155578803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111555527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211155575171
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81115557181
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311155561797
Davidite-(La)  (*)CrichtoniteLa(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38111555731
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611155554135
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)111555781
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)1115555158
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2111555580
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O21115557148
Jeremejevite  (*)NoneAl6(BO3)5F3111555715
Koragoite  (*)NoneMn2+2Mn3+Nb2(Nb,Ta)3W2O2011155572
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O111555537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11155574924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111555717380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211155552273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111555539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111555761156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411155561934
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO4111555713
Vladimirivanovite  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa6Ca2[Al6Si6O24](SO4,S3,S2,Cl)2·H2O11155552
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11155575251


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