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Locality Name:
Ghazni, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ghazni, Afghanistan": 73
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ajristan District
Bahrami Shahid District
Dih Yak District
Gelan District (Gilan District)
Jaghuri District
Malistan District
Muqur District
Nawur District
Qarabagh District

Latitude: 33°19'30"N
Longitude: 67°42'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.325,67.709444444444

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Garnet	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Garnet Ludwigite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Vesuvianite Wollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	392,413,426,452	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	451	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	6	397,400,413,429,431,437	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	437	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	452	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	390,392,393,396,398,403,407,417,418,426,429,440,443,447,448,449,452	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	451	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	451	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	392,413,426	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	413	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	423	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	394,400,415,442	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	395	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	392,407,410,413,418,429,434,438,442,444,447,448,449	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	438,451	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	15	390,392,393,394,396,398,399,406,415,423,426,433,440,451,452	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	390,393,397,406,418,424,431,446	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	2	400,402	134
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	381,386	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	400,402,403,418,426,431	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	396,413,443,452	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	452	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	393,396,398,400,407,417,426,440,448,452	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	396,418	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	383,399,407,409,410,426,434,451	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	383,384,443	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	392,410,413,418,429,434,438,442,444,447,448,449,452	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	386	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	423,452	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	452	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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