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Forsterite from
Khandjee, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Comments:PXRD confirmed John Attard (2014) Private Communication
Habit:Greenish white tabular xls
Colour:Greenis white
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Khandjee, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:878565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:878565:7
GUID (UUID V4):8c6af8a4-f12c-4569-8982-49a39ff05809
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Book (edition)
lepidolite (trilithionite-polylithionite), olivine (forsterite-fayalite), and wolframite (ferberitehiibnerite)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....Jalalabad, at Nilaw, at Mawi, all Laghman prov., Afghanistan, and at the Hyakule mine, SankhuwaSabha dist...morganite with verdelite, x 50 mm, Laghman prov., Afghanistan, G blue aquamarine crystals and larger green-blue...North West Frontier prov., at Panjsher Valley, Afghanistan, and at Rajgarh and other mines at Radjasthan
 
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