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Muscovite from
Imirdin pegmatites, Lutkho Valley, Lower Chitral District, Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Diggings
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Imirdin pegmatites, Lutkho Valley, Lower Chitral District, Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1456882
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1456882:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
40.8km (25.4 miles) Eshkashim pegmatite field, Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
56.3km (35.0 miles) Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
68.0km (42.2 miles) Warwarzu pegmatite, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
74.9km (46.5 miles) Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
75.9km (47.2 miles) Pachigram pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
78.4km (48.7 miles) Kamdesh pegmatite, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
88.6km (55.1 miles) Lower Pasghushta deposit, Pasghushta pegmatites, Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
89.8km (55.8 miles) Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
90.5km (56.2 miles) Jamanak Mine, Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
95.9km (59.6 miles) Kantiwa pegmatite field, Parun District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
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