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Locality Name:
Ashour Abad, Lorestan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 286289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashour Abad, Lorestan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nezam Abad Prospect

Latitude: 33°39'45"N
Longitude: 49°15'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.6625,49.258055555556

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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonite
PyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTourmalineWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baksanite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Makovickyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rooseveltite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1674349052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21674345509
Baksanite  (*)TetradymiteBi6Te2S31674344
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1674341966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31674341935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16743427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21674345171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216743427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1674344165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3167434802
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)167434648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1674348173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1674347437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1674342812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31674345433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41674345591
Makovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S916743410
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216743412537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi16743488
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21674345674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216743417380
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)167434140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216743439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81674349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216743461156
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)16743438
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1674344894
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O1316743415
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1674341153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16743421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4167434668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31674343418
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS167434372



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