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Talc from
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Forsterite5
Magnesite4
Magnetite3
Serpentine Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:836830
Long-form Identifier:1:3:836830:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Jan, M. Q., & Khan, M. A. (1996). Petrology of gem peridot from Sapat mafic-ultramafic complex, Kohistan, NW Himalaya. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 29, 17-26.
Peng, Bijie; He, Mingyue; Wang, Ning; Xu, Jingyi (2026) Genesis of Gem-Quality Peridot from Sapat, Pakistan: Constraints from Gemmology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry. Crystals, 16 (9). doi:10.3390/cryst16090557
 
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