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:
Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 7
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°12'7"N
Longitude: 70°20'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.201944444444,70.335833333333

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	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nanpingite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*

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 Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Topaz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nanpingite ()*	Mica	CsAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060293	Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060293

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