Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taft District, Yazd, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 286892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taft District, Yazd, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Darreh Zanjir Mine

Latitude: 31°42'59"N
Longitude: 54°12'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.716388888889,54.209166666667

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Adamite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	67619	254
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67619	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	67619	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67619	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67619	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	67619	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67619	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67619	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67619	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67619	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	67619	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	67619	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	67619	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	67619	1107
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	67619	158
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	67619	1725
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67619	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	67619	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67619	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	67619	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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