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Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), 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 (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".


References

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

- http://www.aims.org.af/maps/provincial/nuristan.pdf - detailed map of Nuristan Province with all districts and settlements as of Nov 2003

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
Columbite
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Elbaite
Eosphorite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluornatromicrolite
Foitite
'Garnet'
Hambergite
Hydroxylherderite
Lepidolite
Microcline
Microlite Group
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Petalite
Pezzottaite
Pollucite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Schorl
Scorzalite
Spessartine
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Stannite
Staurolite
Stibiotantalite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
'Unnamed (F-analogue of Elbaite)'
Väyrynenite
Viitaniemiite


60 entries listed. 35 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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