Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ardakan County, Yazd, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 264946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardakan County, Yazd, Iran": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ardakan (Ardekan)

Latitude: 32°35'0"N
Longitude: 54°21'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.583333333333,54.35

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

Anilite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Geerite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Lepidocrocite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	67587	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	67587	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67587	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67587	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67587	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67587	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67587	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	67587	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67587	9617
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	67587	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67587	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67587	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67588	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	67587	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67587	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67587	39462
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	67587	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	67587	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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