 | | 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...tall x 15 cm wide 24 25 QUARTZ 12% of the Earthâs crust is quartz, making it among the most common...all mineral species. Discovering a new type of quartz is nearly unprecedented. The array of colors within...zoning tells quite a story. It begins as clear quartz, then transitions to green chlorite or celadonite |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM â 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...ânormalâ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVER: ELBAITE with smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collectorâs...SEPTEMBERâOCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......General Mineralogy ........................614 Nuristan Province .......................................Pegmatite .....................................631 Paprok Pegmatites ..................................633...Mineralogical Record, volume 48, SeptemberâOctober, 2017 Quartz var. Gwindel, Göscheneralp, Switzerland, 10 cm |  | | 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...beautiful specimens of gemmy, DauphinĂ© law-twinned smoky quartz specimens from a new locality in Malawi called...similar to the famous one at Mt. Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi, and, like Mt. Malosa, produces well-crystallized... aegirine and parisite. Most of Mike Keimâs smoky quartz crystals are loose singles, but there is one |  | | Report (issue) | | the photos) little apparent damage, and many have quartz crystals in association. Priced at $85 to $375...Vale das Gatas mine group, Sabroda, Vila Real district, Norte Region, Portugal. Fabre Minerals specimen...Vale das Gatas mine group, Sabrosa, Vila Real district, Norte Region. These seven fluorite specimens...dodecahedral faces. Quartz and feldspar appear in supporting roles. The Vale das Gatas district is the subject... Mimetite, 3.5 cm, from the Gowd mine, Anarak district, Isfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen; |  | | Book (volume) | | the opening of our gallery in the Chelsea Art District of NYC. Presenting fine minerals among the worldâs...dear is the large Morganite with Kunzite from Afghanistan. These are but a small selection of some of the...white matrix versus a creamy white. A clear bright Quartz versus a slightly included one. These variations... A Tourmaline on clear Quartz is not double the value of one on milky Quartz, it can be 10 times, or...Aegirine (& Smoky Quartz) Mt. Malosa, Zomba Dist., Malawi, 56 Amazonite (with Smoky Quartz) Tree Root |  | | Catalog/List | | â âThe Odyssey Book XII Janus Calcite on Quartz with Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co...crystal of calcite is perched on top of glistening quartz with black sphalerite. The clarity and depth of...Tourmaline with Smoky Quartz and Cleavelandite Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan 10.2 cm tall...Rainbow Pocket. Two crystals of tourmaline frame a smoky quartz crystal. Tucked in between the crystals are...white cleavelandite. The flat planes of the smoky quartz reflect the colors of the tourmalines as if |  | | Journal (issue) | | Magdalensburg (Carinthia, Austria), where a series of quartz crystals were found at a settlement that can be...(Lombardy, northem Italy), a transparent and perfect quartz crystaldoubly terminated and about 2.5 cm in diameter-was...foothills of the Lombardy Alps (Pezzotta, 1999), where quartz occurs in a deposit very similar to that of the...the Sicilian sulfur deposits; so-called "fenster quartz" of Porretta Terme; gypsum and other minerals of...Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz with associated minerals from the pegmatite geodes |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture...what I found was chert with occasional well-formed quartz crystals. I had an insatiable curiosity to know |  | | Journal (issue) | | Printed by Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King...collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...book. Collectors have reveled in the beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County,...Monthly, including one on pseudomorphs and one on quartz in 1888, and he wrote a detailed article for the...âa new mineral storeâ in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue |  | | Book (volume) | | 48 Cumengeite Amelia Mine, Santa RosalĂa, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 66 Diaspore Amatolia...59 Garnet (see also Spessartine) Gold Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa Co., California, 58 Eagles Nest...Bueno Dist., Ancash Dept., Peru, 25 Inesite (on Quartz with Hubeite) Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China, 38...Prov., China, 49 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 13 Powellite (on Scolecite) Nasik, India, 20...Ems, Germany, 53 68 Quartz (see also, Amethyst, Rose Quartz) (Smoky Quartz Gwindel) Cavradi, St. Gotthard |  | | Report (issue) | | ï„============================================================ï„ Quartz, 2.1 cm, from Zhob, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Mineral...mineralmovies.com) has acquired a new batch of floater quartz crystals from Zhob, Baluchistan, Pakistan. He remarks...also a 1998-1999 find of clay-included âfensterâ quartz crystals at Zhob (represented by specimens in the...collection of Pakistan and Afghanistan minerals). Jeffâs new, thumbnail-size quartz crystals are highly lustrous...Elbaite with albite, 6.5 cm, from Stak Nala, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Your Mineral Collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175;...unearthing many fine specimens of gadolinite, smoky quartz, fluorite, feldspar in crystals to five feet...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...Streeter, R. L. Parker found a piece of "heavy quartz" in a stream bed. lt proved to be topaz from a...medium-violet arnethyst crystal specimens from quartz veins. And textbook-sharp, colorless and transparent |  | | Journal (issue) | | interest by giving him two specimens of gold in quartz from the Eungella mine in Queensland, and later...up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...encountered them, including calcite, fluorite, pyrite and quartz. He began to concentrate his efforts evermore on...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zambia) and Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) (TABLE 2). Crystals âfrozenâ in massive quartz or feldspar in...variety) and tourmaline commonly occur in massive quartz or feldspar of the centrally located pegmatite...(Zimbabwe, 25.67 ct), green elbaite tourmaline (Afghanistan, 12.33 ct), red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil...California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g), beryl (Heliodor, Ukraine, 303 g, 14...Vietnam, 37 g), topaz (China, 375 g), and quartz (smoky quartz, Namibia, 219 g). SPECIMENS COURTESY OF |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with smoky quartz, lepidolite, and orthoclase, 20.5 cm high, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. At one...aquamarine, 30 cm high, from Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Pakistan. At one time in the Horner...his move back to Los Figure 3. Rhodochrosite on quartz crystals with hĂŒbnerite, 12 cm wide, from the Huallapon...Edge: the beautiful âDragonâ gold from the Colorado Quartz mine in Mariposa County, California, which is on...matrix with quartz, 20.5 cm high, Minas da Panasqueira, CovilhĂŁ, Castelo Branco district, Portugal. At |  | | Book (volume) | | Tourmaline with Quartz) Sao Jose de Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil, 65 (with âFadenâ Quartz) Toyee, near Wana...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...Prov., S. Africa, 39 Kunzite (on Quartz) Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 30 Mimetite Elura Mine, No1 Level...Prov., China, 10 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 23, 26 Orpiment Shimen Mine, Shimen Co., Hunan |  | | Journal (issue) | | photo. (lower left) Amazonite microcline with smoky quartz, 8.5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim,...2009 7 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION Pyrite on quartz, 11 cm, Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington....Bruce Oreck collection. Joe Budd photo. Pyrite on quartz and siderite, 8 cm, Simplon Tunnel, near Brig,...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz, 10 cm, Yaogangxian |  | | Journal (issue) | | stones for all the wonderful healing qualities. Smoky quartz supposedly relieves the pain of hemorrhoids...spheres to determine what they actually are. Galena, quartz, calcite and pyrrhotite are all found in various...theoretically yield hisingerite, calcite and quartz. Late stage quartz and calcite are both widely documented...deposits. Observations concur that some specimens have quartz on the hedenbergite crystals as well as on the...scientific and economic impact of the Freiberg Mining district is based on rich finds of silver-lead-zinc-ore |  | | Book (volume) | | place. Now a Fluorite is as valued as a Silver, Quartz is no longer just considered a matrix, Pyrites...Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 8, 9, (on Quartz) 27 Brazilianite Linopolis Dist., Minas Gerais...58 Cumengite Amelia Mine, Santa RosalĂa, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 61 Diaspore Amatolia...Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 8,9, (on Quartz) 51 Garnet (see also Grossular, Spessartine) Gold...Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, 14, 29 Hematite (with Smoky Quartz) Hematite, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |  | | Journal (issue) | | Proustite 107 Pyrargyrite 49, 117 Pyromorphite 65, 184 Quartz 45, 67, 73, 79, 85, 87, 121, 143, 169, 173, 183...(plate 31) "The Dragon" Gold from the Colorado Quartz mine, California (plate 41) The Ludlockite from...shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals found there...(beautiful but common): Calcite Galena Microcline Quartz Smithsonite Fluorite Seventh Caste (unattractive... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen |  | | Catalog/List | | Cornwall. An approx 60x60mm area on bro\\11 cellular quartz hematite matrix showing about l 00+ dark browo...ÂŁ20. (b) 40xl5mm coverage. Smaller xls with white quartz. 45x20x30mm. ÂŁ9. (c) 3) A PATITE. Cerro de Mercado...transparent light green apatite xl partly imbedded in a quartz apatite matrix. 30x35x30mm. ÂŁ20. 4) ARSENOPYRITE...15mm approx. ÂŁ30. 6) BABINGTONfTE, PREHNITE and QUARTZ. Hongquizhen Quarry, Meiqu Co , Sidman, China.... A floater showing a matrix of double sided quartz xls with about 7 balls of light green prchnite to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gems and Precious Stones, some mineral groups (quartz varieties, agates, calcites, zeolites), Minerals...skeletons, shells; in the second one, quartz crystals, quartzite and quartz sand are placed at one side and...the pink transparent rubellite from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan; apatite transparent and zonar crystals...across) in quartz (Caribib, Namibia) and the partly fibrous pink elbaite with lepidolite and quartz (Pederneira...long (Guanajuato, Mexico), and the split yellowish quartz crystal (9 cm long) from Tsumeb, Namibia, seem |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street âą Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...meteorites that contains a rare form of shocked Quartz called Stishovite. The irst remnants of Muonionalusta...Millibillillie Meteorite Eucrite-mmict Wiluna District, Western Australia (26° 27âS, 120° 22âE) Fall:...due to its metallic luster and patches of drusy Quartz crystals. This medium-sized sphere has been carved...green and cream orbs with a spattering of drusy Quartz among a sea of concentric orbs. This sphere has |
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Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan