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Locality Name:
Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 264940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan, Iran": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kharvana District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
ScapoliteWollastonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Marialite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21672503419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31672521534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41672525516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16725227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2267250,6725227198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61672524135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)267250,672528173
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl167250139
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2267250,6725239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216725261156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21672522562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3267250,672521247


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