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Locality Name:
Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 5564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ghash Mine
Vora Desh

Latitude: 34°54'59"N
Longitude: 70°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.916388888889,70.75
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 B Be Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Ta W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Ta W Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteBerylBerylloniteChloritoidClayColumbiteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnet
MicaNonePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzTopazTourmalineViitaniemiiteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluornatromicrolite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pezzottaite  (*)
Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Tungstibite  (*)Viitaniemiite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)047
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F013
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)0119
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pezzottaite  (*)BerylCsLiBe2Al2Si6O1806
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O0140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61814688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Tungstibite  (*)NoneSb2WO603
Viitaniemiite  (*)ViitaniemiiteNaCaAl(PO4)F3012
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060292Dara-i-Pech Pegmatite Field (Darra-i-Pech; Darra-e-Pech; Pech; Peech; Page), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistanhttps://rruff.info/R060292

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