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:
Kunar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 5
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kunar, Afghanistan": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Asadabad District
Bar Kunar District
Chapa Dara District
Chawkay District (Chawki District)
Dangam District
Dara-i-Pech District (Pech District)
Narang District
Nari District

Latitude: 34°58'57"N
Longitude: 71°6'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.9825,71.112222222222

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	Apatite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline	Viitaniemiite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beryllonite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Diopside ()*
Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Goethite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ishikawaite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pezzottaite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Tungstibite ()*	Viitaniemiite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Sn Ta U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg Nb O Si U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Beryllonite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Mica None Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Talc Topaz Tourmaline Viitaniemiite Zircon

34 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)	6	809,810,812,813,816,824	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	805	2353
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	813	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	809,812,813,816,819,827	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	1	813	47
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	810,812,816,819,823	5171
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	813	376
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	813	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	813	289
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	813	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	806	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	813	2740
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	813	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	813	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	821	14640
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	813	119
Ishikawaite ()*	Columbite	(U,Fe,Y)NbO₄	0		24
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	809,810,812,813	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	807,813,819	17380
Pezzottaite ()*	Beryl	CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	813	6
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	827	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	813	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	812,813,817,824,827	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	813,819	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	813	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	7	809,810,812,813,814,817,825	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	829	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	813	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	813	1476
Tungstibite ()*	None	Sb₂WO₆	1	813	3
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃	1	813	12
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	813,824	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050344	Kunar, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R050344
R060292	Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060292

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