Locality type: | Deposit |
Classification |
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Species: | Nepheline |
Formula: | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) |
Comments: | The electric blue colour is from Nosean flecks in a clear sodalite coating the large nephelines |
Habit: | Hexagonal prisms with small pyramids and large pinacoid |
Colour: | grey white |
Luminescent properties: | none |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Sodalite | β13 photos of Nepheline associated with Sodalite at this locality. |
Nosean | β11 photos of Nepheline associated with Nosean at this locality. |
Calcite | β6 photos of Nepheline associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Pyrite | β5 photos of Nepheline associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
Phlogopite | β3 photos of Nepheline associated with Phlogopite at this locality. |
Lazurite | β1 photo of Nepheline associated with Lazurite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Nepheline data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 678586 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:678586:4 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 70bb5f3a-1311-4415-a7b0-47c768aa7f96 |
Localities for Nepheline in this Region |
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Unnamed Nepheline occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (volume) | Chistyakova, Ph.D., Elena N. Matvienko, Ph.D., Mikhail E. Generalov, Ph.D., Elena S. Sorokina, Ph.D., Leonid...Ca-Th-REE borosilicate from the Vico volcanic district (Latium, Italy) // Eur. J. of Mineral. 1995. No...Uzbekistan Fergana Osh China Tajikistan Dushanbe Afghanistan 13 Fig. 1. The geographic location (a) and...and nepheline syenites, syenites, their dikes Matchaisky complex. Phase 2. Alkaline and nepheline syenites...tourmalinized) and quartz syenites. Alkaline syenites and nepheline syenites of the second intrusive phase are predominant |
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Unnamed Nepheline occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan