Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan

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This province became officially recognised in 2001 (wikipedia) or 2004 (statoids.com), but was already known for 10 years. It was formed from the northern parts of Laghman Province and Kunar Province.
The capital of the Nuristan Province is Nuristan.

Note, however, that "Nuristan" is also the traditional name for the region that encompasses these three current provinces (i.e., NE Afghanistan) and the name is still often used in that fashion.

See also the Mindat locality entries "Laghman (Lagman; Nuristan) Province" and
"Konar (Kunar; Konarh; Konarha; Nuristan) Province".

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase Almandine Amblygonite Bavenite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald var: Morganite var: Vorobyevite Beryllonite Cassiterite Childrenite

'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series' 'Columbite' 'Columbite-Tantalite' Elbaite Eosphorite Fluorapatite Fluor-elbaite Fluorite Fluornatromicrolite Foitite 'Garnet' Hambergite Lepidolite Microcline

Microlite Group Montmorillonite Muscovite Petalite Pezzottaite Pollucite Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Rose Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Schorl Scorzalite Spessartine Spodumene

Spodumene var: Kunzite Stannite Staurolite Stibiotantalite 'Tantalite' Tantalite-(Mn) Topaz 'Tourmaline' 'var: Indicolite' 'var: Rubellite' 'var: Verdelite' Väyrynenite Viitaniemiite Wodginite

56 entries listed. 37 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Afghanistan Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan) (Pachighram) Bargi Matal District Pachigram pegmatite field Unnamed pegmatite Bargi Matal District Pachigram pegmatite field (Pachighram) Degha pegmatites Mualevi pegmatite Tsanigal pegmatites Unnamed pegmatite Du Ab District Khauraz pegmatite Mundol pegmatite field (Mundel) Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field Kolum pegmatites Mawi pegmatite Nilaw pegmatites Kamdesh District Alma pegmatite field Kamdesh pegmatite Pakawalpet pegmatite field Paprok Mine (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine) Unnamed pegmatite (1) Unnamed pegmatite (2) Nurgaram District Korgun Mine Lamonda Mine

Afghanistan Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan) Nuristan District Kalatan pegmatite field Korgal pegmatite field (Korghal; Kurghal) Wama District (Vama District) Kantiwa pegmatite field (Kantiway) Parun (Paroon; Parown) pegmatite field Boni pegmatites Dewa Mine (Deva Mine) Jamanak Mine Pasghushta pegmatites Lower Pasghushta deposit Upper Pasghushta deposit Tsotsum pegmatite Unnamed pegmatite Parun pegmatite field (Paroon; Parown) Pashki pegmatites (Paskhi) Wozgul pegmatites (Wozghul) Yaryghul pegmatites (Yaryhgul) Rose quartz occurrence Waygal District (Waigal District) Parun pegmatite field (Paroon; Parown) Aranas pegmatites (Aranch) Drumgal pegmatites (Drumghal) Inshakhar pegmatites Pramgal pegmatites (Prangal) Tsamgal pegmatites (Tsamghal; Tasmagal; Zamgal)

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