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Aquamarine from
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan


Locality type:Pegmatite Field
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Aquamarine
Formula:Be3Al2Si6O18
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Morganiteⓘ2 photos of Aquamarine associated with Morganite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ2 photos of Aquamarine associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ1 photo of Aquamarine associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Schorlⓘ1 photo of Aquamarine associated with Schorl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aquamarine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:711349
Long-form Identifier:1:3:711349:9
GUID (UUID V4):80c385e4-dc43-4ab2-9def-80daf663089f
Nearest other occurrences of Aquamarine
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘDara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘGhursalak Mine, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
69.8km (43.4 miles) ⓘGaram Chashma, Lutkho Valley, Lower Chitral District, Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
75.1km (46.6 miles) ⓘChitral, Lower Chitral District, Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘMawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
82.5km (51.3 miles) ⓘSar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
October 2017 Gem pegmatites of northeastern Afghanistan pg 610-675. Main article in Special Issue of...SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction.......and General Mineralogy ......................614 Nuristan Province........................................Pegmatite.................................. 631 Paprok Pegmatites................................ 633...Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas
Catalog/List
Pink Fluorite on Muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 9 cm tall x 7 cm wide...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm... Tourmaline in Pollucite, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan 16.5 cm tall x 14 cm wide ...cm tall x 26.8 cm wide 43 TOURMALINE The Nuristan Mountains, a region once conquered in the 4th...“bubble gum” pink, the most desirable color from Nuristan, terminating sharply in a very unusual aqua blue/green
Journal (issue)
smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collector’s Edge Minerals specimen;...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......General Mineralogy ........................614 Nuristan Province .......................................Pegmatite .....................................631 Paprok Pegmatites ..................................633...www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
Report (issue)
Vanadinite on siderite, 4.6 cm, from Taouz, Tafilalt district near Erfoud, Morocco. Fabre Minerals specimen...the famous Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate cobalt-mining district, and Jordi has six of these specimens, 6.4 to...similar to the famous one at Mt. Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi, and, like Mt. Malosa, produces well-crystallized...Quartz (iridescent), 4.6 cm, from the Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Key’s Minerals specimen...an unusual iridescent quartz from the Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India, these ranging in size
Journal (issue)
January-February, 2011 MARCO AMAB I LI BERYL (variety aquamarine) with muscovite, 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ... 2011 31 TIZIANO BONISOLI BERYL (variety aquamarine), 9.5-cm doubly terminated crystals from the...terminated crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement
Book (volume)
the opening of our gallery in the Chelsea Art District of NYC. Presenting fine minerals among the world’s...dear is the large Morganite with Kunzite from Afghanistan. These are but a small selection of some of the...also Aquamarine, Emerald, Morganite, Heliodor) Beryllonite (with Tourmaline) Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov...Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Bismuthinite Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 31 Bournonite...Namibia, 45 Microlite (on Lepidolite) Paprok, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 7 Mimetite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb,
Journal (issue)
from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...intrigue me, and draw me deeper into the hobby. Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 Figure 5 (below). Beryl, variety aquamarine, doubly terminated gem crystal, 13.0 × 2.5 cm...× 12.5 cm, from the Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 5229, Jeff Scovil...and he gradu- Figure 16 (left). Beryl, variety aquamarine, crystals with muscovite, 18 × 13 cm, from Chumar... 16 × 7 cm, from the Pech district, Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 3630, Jeff...with albite, 10.0 × 8.5 cm, from Paprok mine, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 8113, Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“Watermelon” tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) Lucyna Natkaniec-Nowak, Magdalena...“watermelon” tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) shows different tourmaline components...could be identified for the first time for the Nuristan region. Tourmaline compositions of this zone show...tourmaline, “fluor-elbaite“, elbaite, Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan Introduction The tourmalines, chemically...“watermelon” tourmaline associated with gem quality aquamarine (Schumann 1997). The mineral paragenesis, very
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the...specimens of the beryl gems, such as emerald and aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite,...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka
Book (volume)
Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 31 Panasqueira, Portugal, 2, 42 Aquamarine Dassu, Baltistan...Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) (Red Beryl), Violet Claim...Pseudoboleite Amelia Mine, Santa RosalĂ­a, BoleĂł District, Mexico, 33 Pyrite Quiruvilca, Peru, 40 Pyromorphite...Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10, 17 Paprok, Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 14, 39 Veadinho Mine, Governador
Book (volume)
Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India, 41 Aquamarine Centreville, Boise, Idaho, 62 Fiker, N. Areas...Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 46 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Emerald, Morganite) Brazilianite Linopolis Dist...48 Cumengeite Amelia Mine, Santa RosalĂ­a, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 66 Diaspore Amatolia...Prov., China, 49 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 13 Powellite (on Scolecite) Nasik, India, 20...East Siberia, Russia, 57 (on Quartz) Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 22 Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Journal (issue)
collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia) and Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) (TABLE 2). Crystals “frozen” in massive...feldspar in the core or core margin of a pegmatite Aquamarine (green-blue to blue beryl variety) and tourmaline...tourmaline (Afghanistan, 12.33 ct), red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil, 16.87 ct), blue aquamarine beryl...known as pockets) The gem varieties of beryl (aquamarine, heliodor, morganite), spessartine, spodumene...California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g), beryl (Heliodor, Ukraine, 303 g, 14
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be traced to large gold deposits found in the district. The successful development of the project required...Namibia. Figure 8 (above center). Beryl, variety aquamarine, 20 cm long, from Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil...Republic. Figure 12 (lower left). Beryl, variety aquamarine, on muscovite, 11 cm tall, from Chumar Bakhoor...(lower left). Elbaite, 15 cm tall, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Figure 16 (above). Scheelite and beryl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spodumene, variety kunzite, 7.4 cm, Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan, from the Jim and Gail Spann collection...Spann photo. Figure 11 (center). Beryl, variety aquamarine, 16.5 cm, Medina mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil,...Peabody Museum. Figure 12 (right). Beryl, variety aquamarine, with albite, 23 cm, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan
Book (volume)
Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India, 44 Aquamarine Pioniera Mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil...Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 48, 55 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) Calcite 884 Mine, near Leiping...inclusions on Copper) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu...Michigan, 17 (with Calcite) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania...39 Kunzite (on Quartz) Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 30 Mimetite Elura Mine, No1 Level, Cobar, NSW
Journal (issue)
Index: Azurite 41, 71, 141, 182 Barite 53 Beryl (Aquamarine) 59, 31, 73, 77, 89, 109,127,139,165,179,184...sub-collection building what may be the world's finest aquamarine collection, hidden among his numerous great gern...shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals found there...(gems, native precious metals): Beryl (Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, etc.) Corundum (Ruby, Sapphire) Zoisite... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen
Journal (issue)
page 258. Inside back cover: (left colurnn) Aquamarine-Glenn & Janis Rising collection, page 218; Ruby-Michael...gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally Mann collection, page 193. (rniddle colurnn)...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo...Primorskiy Kray, Russia. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Aquamarine with spessartine, muscovite and feldspar, 10
Book (volume)
Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal, 5, 40 Aquamarine (with Emerald) Swat Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite...San Benito Co., California, 58 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Emerald, Morganite) (Red Beryl) Harris Claim...58 Cumengite Amelia Mine, Santa RosalĂ­a, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 61 Diaspore Amatolia...Consorsio Mine, La Pita Dist., Colombia, 28 (with Aquamarine) Swat Valley, Pakistan, 22 Euclase Gachala, Cundinamarca...Namibia, 13 Morganite Mawi, Laghman, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 2,3 Peridot (on Magnetite) Naran-Kagan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and orthoclase, 20.5 cm high, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. At one time in the Horner collection...Figure 2. Beryl, variety aquamarine, 30 cm high, from Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Pakistan...Minas da Panasqueira, CovilhĂŁ, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. At one time in the Horner collection
Journal (issue)
collection; Jeff Scovil photo. (lower right) Aquamarine beryl, 10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang Kuang mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve...COLLECTION Aquamarine (beryl) on cleavelandite (albite), 7 cm, Dassu, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit district, Northern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ciudad Universitaria] at 14:10 29 December 2014 Aquamarine, Shigar, Pakistan, 8 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger...Elbaite, 20.5 × 19.5 × 21.0 cm, Paprok mine, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan; Augustin de Valence photo. ...10.5 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm, Kombat mine, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia; Augustin de Valence...(left). Beryl, variety aquamarine, 22 × 27 × 25 cm, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan...5 × 5.5 cm, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Simanjiro district, Tanzania; James Elliot/Fine Minerals International
Journal (issue)
up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...Russia. Epidote, 11.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gold, 2.3 cm, from... Tourmaline, 13 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Supplement to The Mineralogical...2020 11 Aloe Family Trust Aquamarine, 10 cm, from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≄ An, An Province, Vietnam... Tourmaline, 10 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Topaz, 7 cm, from the 336
 
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