 | | 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...............614 Nuristan Province........................................616 Mawi Pegmatite...............................619 Nilaw and Korgal Pegmatites.............. 630 Kulam Pegmatite...................................................... 633 Parun Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 ............614 Nuristan Province ...........................................616 Mawi Pegmatite ............................619 Nilaw and Korgal Pegmatites ...............630 Kulam Pegmatite .....................................................633 Parun Pegmatite Field ............................656 Kunar Province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com No pegmatite mineral collection is complete without octahe-...Fluorite is almost always a late-stage mineral in pegmatite cavities, forming a colorful, attractive icing...more spectacular crystals of beryl, topaz, and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed...training, with a long-term specialty in collecting pegmatite minerals. He currently works in Chengdu, Sichuan...13 August 2013 2 Locality Parental Granite Pegmatite Class Mineral associates of significance Crystal |  | | Catalog/List | | and Trademark Office. 36190 GERHARD WAGNER TOURMALINE & FINE MINERALS COLLECTION, AUCTION 1 The Session...of the ground. Of the country’s localities for Tourmaline, Momeik stands out for producing the instantly...to the outside world continues to grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State...group presents as a roughly pyramidal knob of Tourmaline composed of hundreds of radiating, subparallel...G., & Walker, J. (Eds.). (2015). The World of Tourmaline: The Gerhard Wagner Collection. Dallas, Texas: |  | | Journal (issue) | | is particularly optimized for application in the field of medicine. In this connection it is of great interest...reflectance reflectance phenacite garnet zircon tourmaline sphene olivine 4000 cordierite beryl 3200...emerald, morganite, NE Afghanistan Introduction The mountainous country of Afghanistan has been known for...occurrence of beryls in Afghanistan Beryl-bearing pegmatites occur in the NE part of Afghanistan, mainly in the...mined in the Nilaw, Mawi and Kurghal regions of Laghman Province from cavities in pegmatite veins (Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh...deposits, and consequently with such severely limited field collecting opportunities, should foster a hot-bed...Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11.5 cm, from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil...locations and contemporary deposits developed by field collectors. Size is not the main focus, as quality...Roberts, and subsequently discovered several new pegmatite minerals in the Black Hills of South Dakota; Bill |  | | Catalog/List | | Bicolor Tourmaline - 11.12 Cts. DR Congo This gem is a fine example of a bicolored Tourmaline from the...the remote Democratic Republic of Congo. Tourmaline is one of the most popular gemstones on the market...This beautiful offering features two matched Tourmaline intaglios. Each stone is bicolored with pinkish-red...Africa offers a total carat weight of 75.80. These Tourmaline gemstones could ideally be made into a pair of...Gemstone: Bicolor Tourmaline - 25.43 Cts. Himalaya Mine (Himalaya dikes; Himalaya pegmatite) Gem Hill, Mesa |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...terrain throughout much of the Pacific Northwest made field collecting more difficult than in areas to the south...community and dealers to serve them gradually evolved. Field collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest...1923, at the age of 27, and became an enthusiastic field collector along with his first wife Hilda. It was...Agate and Mineral Society (OAMS) and took part in field trips to collect more agates, thunder eggs, petrified |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record to recognize individuals for field collecting achievements contributing to the heritage...school field trips for his wife’s third grade classes, Bob started “Geology Adventures,” a field-trip business...lived. Lanny and I had been working on publishing a field guide to all of the Cascade volcanoes. One of us...ruby-red spinel. This fame is widespread in the field of gemology, but mineral collectors may be less...of other species including beryl, chrysoberyl, tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz, |  | | Journal (issue) | | ” 3 cm, from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. (11) Tourmaline, 2.6 cm, from Elba, Italy. Refined Elegance...Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (with pictures of him “in the field”)....You paid good money for your specimens (or the field-equivalent in blood, sweat and tears), so you might...2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. James Madison University collection, ex Peter |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities and also localities worldwide. His favorite field-collecting sites ran the gamut from British Columbia...Missouri Minerals. He would often spend summers field collecting with a local minister, Durban Thorpe...group involved in mineral collecting; they took field trips to the Mesa Grande district, the Crestmore...maintained his mineral hobby, leveraging his time in the field near excavation projects to collect mineral specimens...his home. Whether at home, at a show or in the field, Chuck was unfailingly friendly and humble, willing |  | | Journal (issue) | | across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...bed. lt proved to be topaz from a Precambrian pegmatite cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the...(including the 15.5-carat "Star of Arkansas") on recent field trips to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro...Sodalite (hackmanite), 16 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. Below: Under longwave ultraviolet light. Joe...has continued, and I've taken the opportunity to field collect wherever and whenever I can. In the last |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arizona Arizona is without doubt one of the premier field collecting states in America. On any day a collector...issue of The Mineral Collector revealed that Utah field collector Maynard Bixby (1853-1935) was offering...(1933-1982) was also one of Arizona's most active field collectors and dealers. Since Arthur Flagg's time...hosted Minions meetings at their Tucson homes. Field trips were organized, including a memorable one...a whim, I went field collecting with a college classmate, Tony Jones. I prefer field collecting but I |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amethyst. 10 x 21 cm. Yuzhakova pit, Alabashka pegmatite field, Urals, Russia. MRdK No 13208. f. Topaz with...Rubellite (elbaite), crystal 14 x 18 cm. Alabashka pegmatite field, Urals, Russia. MRdK Original label (only...growth centers reside because of the crystal force field concentration. Then, as mentioned, the growth tendency...Smithsonian Institution. Wayne and Dona were active field collectors, collecting all over the world. Wlyne...with Elbaite and Apatite - Mawi Pegmatite, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (-� Dioptase on Calcite - Tsumeb |  | | Journal (issue) | | traveled to England a number of times to visit and field collect with his friend Peter Briscoe (especially...Collection (in storage since the 1840s). Tim started field collecting on his holidays in the early 1980s, and...in Nevada at Mt. Wheeler. Perhaps his favorite field-collecting day was at the Himalaya mine in 1989...turned into a haul of several buckets of fine tourmaline crystals. After selling his first thumbnail collection...crystal I am talking about is in the shape of a tourmaline. It is a hexagonal prism whose faces are rhomboidal |  | | Book | | Topaz 190 218 Tortoise Shell 195 196 218 Tourmaline 201 219 Tsavorite 224 Onicolo Onyx 158...identify gems and cannot be considered a gemology field guide or handbook. Previously unpublished photographs...Henry VIIl of England did when they met on the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520 in the hope of political...tunnels to reach the beryl or tourmaline crystals found in a pegmatite. Be- pound accommodations golden...Badakhscan, 5 by 5 cm. Sorbonne collection Afghanistan rocks with no direct relationship to intrusions; |  | | Book | | AFRICA SoumAFRicA N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari field, Northern Cape [Cape] Province. Although not quite...mcdougallminerals.com, 2015). Wessels mine, Kalahari field, Northern Cape [Cape] Province. Mining began in...Swanson quarry, East Haddam, Middlesex County. The pegmatite of the Swanson quarry is locally famous for its...2002). AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE Nanro [Naquissupa] pegmatite, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia Province. In...pegmatites, ixiolite occurs solely in the Nanro pegmatite, where small, dull gray-black lenticular ixiolite |  | | Catalog/List | | geologist. Collecting is no longer allowed in the field due to changes in the law, so this is a rare opportunity...Argentina The Field of the Sky is the English translation of Campo del Cielo: a sizable strewn field in the...Argentina Meteorites from Campo del Cielo: “The Field of the Sky” have been known since their initial...a witnessed fall. This fall scattered across a field some 17 miles (28 kilometers) long and 5 miles (8...glacial action from its original, ancient strewn field. Muonionalusta displays the classic Widmanstätten |  | | Catalog/List | | Lots” or type your desired Lot # into the “Search” field. Every lot is listed with full descriptions and...Estimate: $1,800-$2,400 87002 AQUAMARINE & SCHORL TOURMALINE Dache, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan...Aquamarine prism united at the base with a Schorl Tourmaline of similar dimensions. The Aqua grades from a...KUNZITE Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan Kunzite...23 87019 CADMIAN SMITHSONITE Oronogo, Oronogo Field, Tri-State Dist., Jasper Co., Missouri, USA A non-descript |
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Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan