Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 6990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Fargon Meeru
Hazrat Saeed (Azrat Syed)
Jikhan
Kalu Khan
Khandjee
Kiran
Purple Spinel Occurrence
Robate Payan (Robaty-Payin)
Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang)

Latitude: 36°14'8"N
Longitude: 70°47'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.235555555556,70.791666666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Germanite	Gypsum	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Wurtzite

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Danburite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Germanite Gypsum Humite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Scapolite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Wurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Afghanite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Colusite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Fluor-dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lazurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Omphacite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	74	1022
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	4	69,74,75,80	25
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	74,78,79,80	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	71,74	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	70	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	62,66,68,69,73,74,75,76,77,79,80,83	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	74	203
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	2	66,74	285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	0		321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	64	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	68	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	2	74,76	110
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	83	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	63,83	1797
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	0		148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	62,69,71,73,74,78	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	74,77,79	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	63,83	648
Fluor-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	0		8
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	74	2740
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	1	79	24
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	66,68,74	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	82	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	83	178
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	80	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	72	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	71,80	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	4	67,69,74,80	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	74	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	72,82	14640
Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	2	64,74	16
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	83	1507
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	4	67,69,74,80	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	5	71,74,75,78,80	139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	74,81	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	74	153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	74,77	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	3	74,76,77	75
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	74	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	80	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	8	65,67,68,73,74,77,80,83	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	69,71,74,75,76,77,79,80	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	72,74	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	67,74,79	148
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	83	129
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	7	67,68,74,76,77,79,83	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	66,68,74	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	74,76	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	83	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	80	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	62,74,80	4899
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	74,76	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060422	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060422
R060290	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060290
R060291	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060291
R050414	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R050414
R060354	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060354
R060416	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060416
R060435	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060435
R060436	Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060436
R100112	Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R100112
FKM-155	Evaporite Occurrence, Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-155
FKM-25	Ladjuar Medam (Lajur Madan; Lapis-lazuli Mine; Lapis-lazuli Deposit), Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-25
R090059	Ladjuar Medam (Lajur Madan; Lapis-lazuli Mine; Lapis-lazuli Deposit), Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R090059

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