Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Karand, Tehran, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 288034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karand, Tehran, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Veramin Meteorite

Latitude: 35°20'0"N
Longitude: 51°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.333333333333,51.633055555556

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.

Cerite	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite
Wurtzite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Iron None Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Tridymite
Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	67553	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	67553	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	67553	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	67553	802
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	67553	944
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	67553	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67553	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	67553	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	67553	230
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67553	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	67553	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	67553	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	67553	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	67553	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	67553	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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