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Parun pegmatite field (Paroon; Parown), Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan

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Parun pegmatite field, Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

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Li-Ta-Nb-Sn-Cs-Rb-rich pegmatite veins and dykes, hosted in a variety of lithologies. The field is about 65 km long in N-S direction. Individual dykes are up to 2 km long, but gem pegmatites are much smaller, usually up to 60 m long and up to 8 m thick.

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Afghanistan

Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan)
- Wama District (Vama District)
  - Parun (Paroon; Parown) pegmatite field
  - Parun pegmatite field (Paroon; Parown)

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References

Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110.

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