Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zabul, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zabul, Afghanistan": 83
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arghandab District
Daychopan District
Mizan District
Qalat District
Tarnak Wa Jaldak District

Latitude: 32°22'57"N
Longitude: 66°50'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.3825,66.845833333333

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	Amphibole	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 As Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz Wollastonite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	1218,1223	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	1143,1165,1175	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	11	1164,1169,1170,1172,1178,1191,1192,1205,1207,1211,1212	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	1164,1165,1166,1175	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	1210,1211	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	1150,1152,1153,1154,1157,1164,1169,1170,1172,1176,1178,1190,1191,1192,1195,1205,1207,1208,1209,1210,1211,1212,1213,1218,1219,1221	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	1153,1207,1213,1221	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	1211	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	1169,1172,1211,1212	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1168	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	1145,1184	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	1211	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1170	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1207	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	1169,1183,1185,1186,1187,1207,1210,1211,1218	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	1149,1164,1167,1169,1194,1207,1211	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1211	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	1146,1168,1169,1178,1205,1207,1211,1212,1219	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	1152,1176,1191,1192,1195,1202,1211,1218,1223	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	1164,1175,1211	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	1150,1164,1168,1169,1170,1176,1178,1204,1205,1207,1208,1210,1211,1219	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	1143,1150,1151,1152,1157,1160,1161,1162,1173,1177,1183,1185,1186,1187,1190,1193,1195,1196,1223	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	10	1143,1161,1164,1165,1179,1195,1197,1199,1200,1208	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	1168,1178,1211	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	1211	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	1173	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1168	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	1176	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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