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:
Punjab, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 2538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punjab, Pakistan": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dera Ghazi Khan District
Khairpur Meteorite
Multan
Salt Range
Sargodha District

Latitude: 30°59'51"N
Longitude: 72°2'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.9975,72.048611111111

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.

Aluminite	Blödite	Copper	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Iron	Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite

Alabandite ()*	Aluminite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Blödite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Iron ()*	Kainite ()*	Keilite ()*	Kieserite ()*
Langbeinite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*	Perryite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zaherite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Blödite Copper Cristobalite Gypsum Iron Kieserite Langbeinite None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	95551,95563	312
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1	95554	78
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	95554,95555	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	95553	2060
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	4	95556,95557,95559,95561	130
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	95553	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	95563	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	95551	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	95551,95563	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	95551	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95553	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	95551,95563	944
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	95557	137
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	95551,95563	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	95557	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	95556,95557,95559	1398
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	95551,95553,95563	1089
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	95557	50
Keilite ()*	Rocksalt	FeS	1	95563	6
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	95557	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	95557	43
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	95563	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	2	95551,95563	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	2	95551,95563	20
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	95551	25
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	95556	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95555	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	3	95551,95553,95563	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	95551,95563	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	95557	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	95553,95563	703
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	95551	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	95551,95553,95563	1044
Zaherite ()*	None	Al₁₂(SO₄)₅(OH)₂₆·20H₂O	1	95554	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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