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:
Chardzhou, Lebap, Turkmenistan

mindat Locality ID: 264457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chardzhou, Lebap, Turkmenistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gaurdak Basin (Gaurdok Basin)

Latitude: 37°10'51"N
Longitude: 65°19'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.180833333333,65.316944444444

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.

Allophane	Alumohydrocalcite	Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Danburite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Allophane ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Danburite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Para-alumohydrocalcite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rinneite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alumohydrocalcite Baryte Calcite Carnallite Danburite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rinneite Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	116808	470
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	116805	46
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	116805	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	116806,116807	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	116805	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	116805,116808	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	2	116806,116807	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	116805,116808	1252
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	2	116805,116808	148
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	116805	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	116805,116808	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	116806,116807	1398
Para-alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	116808	6
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116805	39462
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	116805	20
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	116805,116808	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	116805,116808	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	116806,116807	275
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	116805	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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