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Locality Name:
Herat, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herat, Afghanistan": 66
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Adraskan District
Chishti Sharif District (Chesht-e Sharif District)
Farsi District
Ghoryan District (Ghurian District)
Gulran District
Guzara District
Karukh District
Kushki Kuhna District
Pashtun Zarghun District
Shindand District
Zinda Jan District (Zindajan District)

Latitude: 34°14'16"N
Longitude: 62°22'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.237777777778,62.381111111111

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	600	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	546,548,550,554,556,558,576	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	574,575,604,605	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	600	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	600	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	557,575,604,605	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	542,543,549,552,598,599,600,601	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	552	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	552	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19	542,544,546,548,549,550,552,553,554,556,558,560,563,567,576,583,599,600,604	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	590	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	563	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	576	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	548	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	548	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	542,544,549,552,557,583,598,600,601,604	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	552,553	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	579,580,582,603	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	547,572	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	553,565,578,588,591,601	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	542,544,549,588,591,600	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	11	546,548,550,552,554,558,576,583,599,601,604	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	549	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	552	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	545,546,548,549,550,553,559,567,600,604	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	549,553	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	542,543,554,557,560,564,604	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	542	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	567	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	544,549,553,557,583,598	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	549	668
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	604	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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