Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Malakand District (Malakand Agency), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 253554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malakand District (Malakand Agency), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sakhakot-Quila Complex

Latitude: 34°16'56"N
Longitude: 71°42'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.282222222222,71.713611111111

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	Apatite	Auricupride	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Nantokite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Auricupride Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95489	8803
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	95489	166
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	95489	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	95489	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95489	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	95489	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95489	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95489	8173
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	95489	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	95489	5433
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl	1	95489	35
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	95489	1512
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95489	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95489	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95489	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	95489	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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