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Panjsher Province (Panjsheer Province; Panjshir Province; Panjsher Valley; Panjshir Valley), Afghanistan

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Panjsher Province, Afghanistan

Photo: Rob Lavinsky
This province was created in April 2004 from the northeastern districts of Parvan Province. It is virtually identical with the upper part of the Panjsher Valley and its catchment. A map of the present (2011) administrative divisions of Panjsher Province is provided by the link below. Note that Bazarak and Rukha towns are located in Unaba District, and not in Bazarak and Rukha districts, respectively, as the district names suggest. Also note that Bazarak town is erroneously indicated on the Google map at the place of Barak village.

Mineral occurrences in this province are predominantly pegmatites and emerald-bearing quartz-ankerite veins, hosted in Ordovician rocks. Please note that the emerald mines are not in pegmatites. Thus, specimens without a specific mine name given should be listed as coming from Panjsher Province, not from the Panjsher valley pegmatite field.

External Links

http://www.aims.org.af/maps/provincial/parwan.pdf - detailed map of Pansjsher Province with all districts and settlements as of Nov 2003 (as part of Parvan Province)

http://ochaonline.un.org/OchaLinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docId=1163768 - topographic map of Panjsher Province with present administrative divisions

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
Andradite
Ankerite
Beryl
var: Emerald
Biotite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Columbite-Tantalite'
'Garnet'
Hematite
Lazurite
Limonite
Muscovite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Amethyst

Schorl
Siderite
Spodumene
'Tourmaline'


23 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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