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:
Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kolum Pegmatites
Mawi Pegmatite
Nilaw Pegmatites

Latitude: 35°12'55"N
Longitude: 70°19'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.215277777778,70.324722222222

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	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nanpingite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Topaz Tourmaline

19 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)	3	930,931,932	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	930,931,932	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	930,931,932	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	931	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	931	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	930,931,932	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	931	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	931	17380
Nanpingite ()*	Mica	CsAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	931	8
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	930	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	3	930,931,932	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	930,931	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	932	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	931	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	930,931,932	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1	931	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2	930,931	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	931	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060293	Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060293

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