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Locality Name:
Farah, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 40482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farah, Afghanistan": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Anar Dara District
Bala Buluk District
Farah District
Gulistan District
Pur Chaman District (Purchaman District)
Qala-i-Kah District

Latitude: 32°43'8"N
Longitude: 62°28'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.718888888889,62.473333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24332,334,339,3595509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)135711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S313431935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2334,34927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO28333,336,338,340,341,342,343,3485171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2331,3355707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28331,336,343,346,347,351,352,35427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O13443531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3349,361,3622600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS13354165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4342,346,347,36524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)13367437
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl13641398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34330,341,351,35214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4133714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27331,332,334,335,339,359,36512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2134317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23331,343,35239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl13351725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28334,336,341,342,343,346,347,34961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3336,351,3524894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5342,343,346,347,36521482


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