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Locality Name:
Nyet (Niit; Niyit; Niyil), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


mindat Locality ID: 62384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nyet (Niit; Niyit; Niyil), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shah Nassir Peak

Latitude: 35°42'51"N
Longitude: 75°32'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.714166666667,75.539166666667
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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Ta U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F H K Li Mn Na O P Si U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNoneQuartzTopaz
TourmalineZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Elbaite  (*)Ferrowodginite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Topaz  (*)Väyrynenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1954378803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181954374286
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O819543716
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1954372740
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219543717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219543761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1954372705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)015
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070645Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet (Niit; Niyit; Niyil), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistanhttps://rruff.info/R070645

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