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Locality Name:
White Schist Occurrence, Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 253959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Schist Occurrence, Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cl H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupSapphirine
SodaliteTalcTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dravite  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sodalite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]0129
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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