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:
Kapisa, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapisa, Afghanistan": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Koh Band District
Kohistan District
Nijrab District
Tagab District

Latitude: 35°3'1"N
Longitude: 69°30'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.050277777778,69.514722222222

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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 Be Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Quartz Rutile Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	772,774,777	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	772,773,774	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	777	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	778	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	768	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	766,768	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	772,777	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	770,771,772,774,775,777,779	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	771,777,778	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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