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:
Panjshir, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panjshir, Afghanistan": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bazarak District
Dara District
Khinj District
Paryan District
Rukha District
Shutul District
Unaba District

Latitude: 35°26'29"N
Longitude: 69°48'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.441388888889,69.8125

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Penfieldite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar
Garnet Mica None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Tourmaline

28 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)	9	992,993,994,995,998,999,1008,1010,1019	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	998	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	1010	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6	992,993,994,995,999,1008	3092
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	992,993,994,995,998,999,1001,1002,1008	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	998	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	1019	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	1010	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1018	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	1010	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1010	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1010	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	1010	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	996,1007,1009,1010,1011	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	1010	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	1010	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1010	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1010	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	1010	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	1001,1010,1020,1021,1022	17380
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	1	1010	22
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	6	992,993,994,995,999,1008	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	992,993,994,995,998,999,1003,1008	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	992,993,994,995,999,1008,1010,1013,1018,1021	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1019	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	1007,1009	6417
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	1019	688
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	1010	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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