Shighnan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistani
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Shighnan District | District |
| Badakhshan | Province |
| Afghanistan | Country |
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Area:
1,968 km2
Neighbouring regions:
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Other Languages:
Farsi/Persian:
ولسوالی شغنان, ولایت بدخشان, افغانستان
French:
Shighnan, Badakhchan, Afghanistan
Italian:
Distretto di Shighnan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Pashto:
شغنان ولسوالۍ, بدخشان ولايت, افغانستان
Russian:
Шигнан, Бадахшан, Афганистан
Simplified Chinese:
希格南县, 巴达赫尚省, 阿富汗
Arabic:
مقاطعة شغنان, ولاية بدخشان, أفغانستان
Bengali:
শিঘনান জেলা, বাদাখশন প্রদেশ, আফগানিস্তান
Cebuano:
Shighnan District, Badakhshān, Apganistan
Indonesian:
Shighnan, Provinsi Badakhshan, Afganistan
Japanese:
シュグナン地区, バダフシャーン州, アフガニスタン
Swedish:
Shighnan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Ноҳияи Шиғнон, Вилояти Бадахшон, Афғонистон
Turkish:
Şiğenan, Bedehşan, Afganistan
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Shighnan tuman, Badaxshon, Afgʻoniston
Vietnamese:
Shighnan , Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Welsh:
Shighnan, Badakhshan, Affganistan
Western Punjabi:
ضلع شیغنان, بدخشاں, افغانستان
Shighnan District (Persian: شهرستان سغنان -Tajik: Ноҳияи Шиғнони) is a district of the Badakhshan Province in eastern Afghanistan. It's part of the historic region of Shighnan that is today divided between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The district borders the Panj River and Tajikistan in the northeast, the Maimay district to the west, the Raghistan district in the southwest, the Kohistan, Arghanj Khwa, and Shuhada districts in the south, and the Ishkashim district in the southeast.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Rock Crystal | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 23 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 165 Ma (Middle Jurassic) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 168 Ma (Middle Jurassic) | ||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shighnan_District |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q3694396 |
| GeoNames ID: | 1125426 |
Localities in this Region
- Badakhshan
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