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:
Laghman, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 8
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laghman, Afghanistan": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alingar District (Alinghar District)
Alishing District
Dawlat Shah District
Mihtarlam District
Qarghayi District

Latitude: 34°45'54"N
Longitude: 70°8'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.765,70.145277777778

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	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Topaz ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Childrenite Chlorite Clay Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Topaz Tourmaline

17 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)	4	835,843,845,846	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	836,838,841,845,846	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	843,845,846	5171
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	0		181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	845,846	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	840,845,846	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2	835,843	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2	835,843	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	845	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	4	835,843,845,846	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060415	Laghman, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060415

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