Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Faryab, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 48707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faryab, Afghanistan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bilchiragh District
Dawlatabad District
Khwaja Sabz Posh District
Kohistan District

Latitude: 36°10'39"N
Longitude: 65°43'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.1775,65.730277777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Gypsum	None	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur

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: Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Gypsum None Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	378	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	378	27198
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	368	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	368,371,372,374	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	377,378	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	377,378	14899
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	375	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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