Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
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

mindat Locality ID: 11
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "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": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dar-e-Zu Mine (Darreh-Zu Mine)
Gem Sodalite Occurrence
Nepheline Occurrence
Pitwak Mine (Pitwik Mine)
Richterite Occurrence

Latitude: 36°10'0"N
Longitude: 70°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.166666666667,70.816666666667

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	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Germanite	Humite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

Aegirine ()*	Afghanite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Colusite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Omphacite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Garnet Germanite Humite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Sulphur Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	1	75	25
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	78,79	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	75,76,77,79	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		203
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	76	110
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	77,79	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	1	79	24
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	0		158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	0		16
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	0		37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	75,78	139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	0		153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	77	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	2	76,77	75
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	0		229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	77	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	75,76,77,79	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79	148
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	3	76,77,79	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	76	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	76	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
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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