Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nangarhar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nangarhar, Afghanistan": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Achin District
Dara-i-Nur District
Hisarak District
Jalalabad District
Kama District
Khogyani District
Sherzad District
Shinwar District
Surkh Rod District

Latitude: 34°17'39"N
Longitude: 70°21'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.294166666667,70.353055555556

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cr Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Vesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	890,892,911,913	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	904	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	890,891,892,899	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	891,911,913	5171
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	904	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	894,896	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	904	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	902,904	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	904	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	895	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	914	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	898	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	888	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	904	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	890,891,892,911	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	890,899,911	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2	911,913	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	892,897	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	890,911	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	890,891,911	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	888,906,908	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	903	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	904	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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