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:
Parun (Paroon; Parown) Pegmatite Field, Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 9019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parun (Paroon; Parown) Pegmatite Field, Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Boni Pegmatites
Dewa Mine (Deva Mine)
Jamanak Mine
Pasghushta Pegmatites
Pashki Pegmatites (Paskhi)
Tsotsum Pegmatite
Unnamed Pegmatite
Wozgul Pegmatites (Wozghul)
Yaryghul Pegmatites (Yaryhgul)

Latitude: 35°23'3"N
Longitude: 70°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.384166666667,70.95

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	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Tourmaline

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 Na O P Si Sn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pezzottaite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	950,952,954,955,956,959,960	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	951,956,960	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	955,959	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	7	950,952,954,955,956,959,960	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	952,954,960	17380
Pezzottaite ()*	Beryl	CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	951	6
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2	956,959	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	954	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	960	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	8	950,952,954,955,956,958,959,960	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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