Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nehbandan, South Khorasan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 268393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nehbandan, South Khorasan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Qaleh-Zari Mine (Ghale Zari Mine)

Latitude: 31°49'59"N
Longitude: 59°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.833055555556,59

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	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Arcubisite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berryite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Linarite Malachite Meneghinite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	67534	315
Arcubisite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₆CuBiS₄	1	67534	5
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67534	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	67534	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67534	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	67534	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67534	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	67534	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67534	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67534	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67534	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67534	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67534	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	67534	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	67534	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	67534	227
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	67534	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67534	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	67534	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	67534	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67534	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67534	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67534	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67534	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67534	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	67534	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	1	67534	21
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	67534	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67534	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	67534	252
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67534	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67534	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67534	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	67534	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67534	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	67534	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	67534	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	67534	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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