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Andradite from
Marki Khel, Sherzad District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Andradite
Formula:Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidoteⓘ131 photos of Andradite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Clinochloreⓘ77 photos of Andradite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Diopsideⓘ66 photos of Andradite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Vesuvianiteⓘ18 photos of Andradite associated with Vesuvianite at this locality.
Magnetiteⓘ11 photos of Andradite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Calcite9 photos of Andradite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Muscovite4 photos of Andradite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Biotite3 photos of Andradite associated with Biotite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andradite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marki Khel, Sherzad District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (75 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647287
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647287:0
GUID (UUID V4):921a046a-71e3-44fd-bc60-d4e99c932526
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really, though, it’s not that they...more than 10 cm across, are microcrystals of andradite, galena and wurtzite. Perhaps in time we will...============ Beryl, 2.7 cm, from the Gilgit district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The Arkenstone specimen;...specimens, from some unknown site in the Gilgit district of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly Northern Areas)...new and (in some cases) very fine specimens of andradite variety demantoid which have found their ways
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this column including the demantoid variety of andradite (Cook 1993), uvarovite (Cook 1998), almandine...cm on edge have been found at Žulová, Jesenik district, Olomouc region, Czech Republic. Similar specimens...specimens have come from Černá Voda, Jesenik district, Olomouc region. Brown grossular to 1 cm on edge,...Hazlov (also noted as Haslau on old labels), Cheb district, Karlovy Vary region. Grossular is found as well-formed... Romania, will need to change the species to andradite (Szakáll 2002). As already mentioned, grossular
Report (issue)
helmet-clad bad guy in the series. This 3.3 cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel...the color of some 50 percent of the green gem andradite (variety "demantoid") originating in Russia is...Inclusions BY MICKEY E. GUNTER 34 Classic Garnets: Andradite BY JOACHIM ZANG 38 Above: Childeric 's bees...Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World BY DUDLEY...members). Of these fifteen species, six almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine, and uvarovite-are
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock...manto deposits of polymetallic ores in the Taxco district, commonly as compact aggregates of crystals overgrown
 
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