Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan

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 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".

Refs.:
- http://www.statoids.com/uaf.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurestan_Province
- http://www.aims.org.af/index.aspx

Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page

Mineral List:

	Albite

	Apatite-(CaF)

	Beryllonite

	Childrenite

	Elbaite

	Lepidolite

	Microcline

	Microlite

	Orthoclase

	Petalite

	Pollucite

	Quartz

	Quartz var: Smoky Quartz

	Tantalite-(Mn)

	Väyrynenite

	Viitaniemiite

16 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:

Afghanistan

Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan)

Paprok

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