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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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...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...minerals Simmons and Heinrich (1980) 8 Badu pegmatite, Llano County, TX, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |
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| could be a result of careless mass packaging in the field, or just the stream abrasion that certainly affected...structure. When the Iron that is normally present in pegmatite pockets is deficient, and there is plenty of Manganese...Elbaite. Compared to the output of place such as Afghanistan or Brazil, the production from Elba is relatively... 73043 ELBAITE with FELDSPAR & QUARTZ Rosina Pegmatite, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell’Elba, Elba Island...out from the Rodina, concerning the Malkhan Pegmatite Field: an area of some 60 square kilometers, southeast |
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| deposits, and consequently with such severely limited field collecting opportunities, should foster a hot-bed...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...Almandine-spessartine on albite, 4.9 mm, Poaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Beth Van Allen photo. ...(tiny pink spheres), 5-mm view, from the Tip Top pegmatite, Fourmile, Custer County, South Dakota. Thomas |
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| is particularly optimized for application in the field of medicine. In this connection it is of great interest...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...Ghursalak (Konar Province) and Panjshir Valley in NE Afghanistan were provided by Mr Jacek Szczerba. Investigations |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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...pollucite, topaz, quartz, aquamarine beryl and lepidolite (Hla Kyi et al., 2005). A second near-miss locality |
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| Cts. Himalaya Mine (Himalaya dikes; Himalaya pegmatite) Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co...online. 72091 Gemstone: Apatite - 32.28 Cts. Afghanistan Apatite is a fairly common Phosphate mineral...Nonetheless, this gorgeous emerald cut stone from Afghanistan is a stunner and weighs in at a substantial 32...82.02 Cts. Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite is the most popular...gemstone is top-caliber. The sizable example from Afghanistan weighs in at over 82 carats and features the |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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...its attractive purple masses of lepidolite and for sharp, lustrous, curved "columbite" crystals to 1.5...2002). AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE Nanro [Naquissupa] pegmatite, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia Province. In |
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| 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...reach the beryl or tourmaline crystals found in a pegmatite. Be- pound accommodations golden gems, with...Badakhscan, 5 by 5 cm. Sorbonne collection Afghanistan rocks with no direct relationship to intrusions;...tourmaline). (for example, watermelon If the crystal field is not uni- form over the gem (as in anisotropic |
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| Lots” or type your desired Lot # into the “Search” field. Every lot is listed with full descriptions and...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...Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan Lazurite, the primary component of Lapis Lazuli... located in a remote and forbidding part of Afghanistan, where actual crystals of Lazurite are found |
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| 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 |
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan