Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Panjsher Valley Slag Deposits, Khinj District, Panjshir, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 272250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panjsher Valley Slag Deposits, Khinj District, Panjshir, 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

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Penfieldite ()*
Quartz ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Mica None Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	22
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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