 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associated elbaite. The specimen, which is 7.7 cm high, was found in Nuristan, Afghanistan, probably in...specimens, as is now the case with material from Afghanistan. Invariably, however, deposits and even districts...wide area in the provinces of Laghman and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan (Bariand and Poullen 1978). Material...the Guskak mine at Pedch in Kunar and at Mawi in Laghman. Crystals as long as 1 meter have been found, and...and, unlike most kunzite from other countries, Laghman crystals tend to have flatter, better-developed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | âWatermelonâ tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) Lucyna Natkaniec-Nowak, Magdalena DumanÌska-SĆowik...âwatermelonâ tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) shows different tourmaline components. Four...(green coloured) zones. In the core (zone I) âfluor-elbaiteâ could be identified for the first time for the... (up to 40 mol%), while the liddicoatite- and elbaite-components are decreasing. The intermediate zone...schörl-component of all zones (up to ~11 mol%), while the elbaite-component is decreasing. In the rim (zone IV) the |  | | 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.......Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...SeptemberâOctober, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt...northeastern Afghanistan have been producing some of the worldâs finest specimens of elbaite, kunzite spodumene |  | | Report (issue) | | tourmalineââmaybe the right designation is âCr-rich elbaite,â but thatâs just my guess. Does anyone know of...minerals from ElbaâNapoleonâs islandâand especially elbaite, named of course for Elba, its type locality. But...see it still there, still unsold. The prismatic elbaite crystal, standing straight up from the matrix,... and zoned in pale colors. See for yourself: Elbaite, 4 cm, from San Piero, Elba, Tuscany, Italy. Italian...calcite, from a ânew findâ somewhere in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. The specimens are very flashy on a |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection. Joe Budd photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil;...Eitler collection; Joe Budd photo. (upper right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California;...cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira,...January-February, 2009 KEVIN BROWN COLLECTION Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San...Ex Scott Kleine collection. Jeff Scovil photo. Elbaite, 9.3 cm, Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John...beryl. Rather, the specimen is a pseudohexagonal elbaite with a flat pinacoid terminationâthe tip-off being...Therefore, Betts proposes that this âApril Foolsâ elbaiteâ perhaps fractured during the rupture, losing its...double-take. A common aquamarine? April Foolsâitâs an elbaite of uncommon appearance! Jim Houran Mineola, New |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John...beryl. Rather, the specimen is a pseudohexagonal elbaite with a flat pinacoid terminationâthe tip-off being...Therefore, Betts proposes that this âApril Foolsâ elbaiteâ perhaps fractured during the rupture, losing its...double-take. A common aquamarine? April Foolsâitâs an elbaite of uncommon appearance! Jim Houran Mineola, New |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John...beryl. Rather, the specimen is a pseudohexagonal elbaite with a flat pinacoid terminationâthe tip-off being...Therefore, Betts proposes that this âApril Foolsâ elbaiteâ perhaps fractured during the rupture, losing its...double-take. A common aquamarine? April Foolsâitâs an elbaite of uncommon appearance! Jim Houran Mineola, New |  | | Report (issue) | | Elbaite Na(Al; Li)3 Al6 (BO3 )3 Si6 O18 (OH)4 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal...Mountains, Russia. From Korgal and Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. In Pakistan, from around Gilgit and... (1972) ReÂŻnement of the crystal structure of elbaite and the mechanism of tourmaline solid solution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 32-cm (13-inch) elbaite crystal known as the âRose of Asia.â This Paprok, Afghanistan, specimen resides...appears to form the largest tourmaline crystals, elbaite has also been found in crystals that occasionally...unusually large Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine, elbaite. The 54-cm (21.6-inch) crystal, mined in 2004 by...Freeman, is thought to be the largest known Maine elbaite. Skip Simmons photo. Figure 8 (center). The historically...historically significant 39-cm (15.5-inch) Newry, Maine, elbaite mined by Loren B. Merrill on 25 June 1904 at Mount |  | | Journal (issue) | | 276). Roberto Appiani photo. Liddicoatite and elbaite crystals to 3.5 cm, with albite, from Forcel Rosso...mine, Panasqueira, Portugal. Jeff Scovil photo. ELBAITE two 9-cm doubly terminated crystals from the Himalaya...crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement to The Mineralogical...Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. (above left) ELBAITE 20 cm on quartz, from the Pederneira mine, Sao...crystal with quartz and green elbaite, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Roberto Appiani photo. 48 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Manager Thomas P. Moore Tpmoore1@cox.net COVER: ELBAITE with smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm,...SEPTEMBERâOCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...SeptemberâOctober, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt...northeastern Afghanistan have been producing some of the worldâs finest specimens of elbaite, kunzite spodumene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the...unusual beryl, variety morganite, with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego...otherwise intimately associated with thin, dark elbaite crystals, were once produced; the Vista do Rio...crystal on albite with quartz from Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The 12.2-cm-high specimen is in the Gene and...crystal on albite from Nuristan, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 9 (above). Fasciculated group of red and green elbaite crystals, 35 Ă 15 cm, Pederneira mine, SĂŁo JosĂ©...quartz and lepidolite, 45 Ă 35 cm, Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure 14...participation Figure 18 (right). A huge crystal of blue elbaite (indicolite variety) on a matrix of quartz, lepidolite...Giazotto photo. Figure 19 (below left). A blue elbaite crystal (indicolite variety), 20 Ă 10 cm, Cruzeiro...Figure 20 (below right). A large, prismatic, green elbaite crystal with smaller crystals, quartz, and lepidolite |  | | Report (issue) | | eosphorite, morinite, vaÌyrynenite, lithiophilite, elbaite, pollucite, petalite, lepidolite, albite, orthoclase...Devonshire. Large crystals from Paprock, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Occurs in the EÌnio pegmatite mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals in either habit are found at Badakhshan, Afghanistan; similar transparent pale green to tan crystals...tapered terminations in marble, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Crystals about 7 x 25 mm. Figure 7. 7 Phlogopite...containing small, elongated prismatic crystals of red elbaite are well known to collectors. Freestanding lepidolite...aquamarine, 8 cm tall, on muscovite, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. syenite pegmatites. It was first described...pseudomorph after elbaite crystals, AracuaĂ, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Figure 16. Two large elbaite crystals (the |  | | Report (issue) | | spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, lepidolite, elbaite, cassiterite, columbite, apatite, eucryptite, muscovite...Pakistan. At Nilaw, Nuristan district, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Additional minor occurrences are known |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dietrich Famous Mineral Localities: The pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afganistan ...........................Obodda Fine Mineral Specimens Specializing in Afghanistan minerals Kunzite, Tourmaline, Beryl, A patite...found to contain enormous, superb crystals of red elbaite ( â rubelliteâ ) associated with fine albite, quartz...5 cm across, intergrown with attractive green elbaite crystals a few millimeters in diameter. At a distance...hillside, the garimpeiros broke into a pocket of elbaite and albite which was filled with mud and water |  | | Book | | in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has produced some...Plateau Region Afghanistan Badakshan District, Kokcha Valley, Northeast Afghanistan Nuristan District...District, Laghman Province, Northeast Afghanistan References 65 67 68 CONTENTS 7. Iran (Persia) Nishapur...crystals of cinnabar from China, the kunzites from Afghanistan, and the topazes and beryls from the Urals, just...the Burmese Empire (in upper Burma). All Burmese elbaite tourmalines that were mined during the eighteenth |  | | Journal (issue) | | at www. MineralogicalRecord.com v Front cover: Elbaite crystal with color zoning, 5.1 cm, from Rubaya...given in the captions. Figure 5. Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas...volume 54, JanuaryâFebruary, 2023 11 Figure 7. Elbaite (var. indicolite) with rose quartz (unrepaired)...volume 54, JanuaryâFebruary, 2023 25 Figure 24. Elbaite with cleavelandite, 13.3 cm, from the Pederneira...2023 27 Figure 27a and 27b (above and below). Elbaite on lepidolite (both sides shown), 17 cm, from the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4 cm lang) und ein völlig transparentes aus Afghanistan (rechts, ca. 14 cm lang) markieren die Extreme...âTriphanâ a) aus Nuristan (Afghanistan; ca. 5 cm) und b.) aus Afghanistan (geschliffen, Temperatur-behandelt;...Temperatur-behandelt; ca. 1.5 cm), âHiddenitâ c.) aus Laghman (Afghanistan; ca. 4 cm) und d.) Minas Gerais (Brasilien;...ca. 15 cm), sowie âKunzitâ e.,f.) aus Kunar (Afghanistan; ca. 3 cm) und g.) Pala (Kalifornien, USA; ca...Starker Pleochroismus in Kunzit â a.) Exemplar aus Afghanistan mit deutlichem visuellem Unterschied zwischen |  | KIHARA, Kuniaki, HIRATA, Hikaru, IDA, Akihiro, OKUDERA, Hiroki, MORISHITA, Tomoaki (2007) An X-ray single crystal study of asymmetric thermal vibrations and the positional disorder of atoms in elbaite. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 102 (2) 115-126 doi:10.2465/jmps.060802 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vibrations and the positional disorder of atoms in elbaite Kuniaki KIHARA, Hikaru HIRATA, Akihiro IDA, Hiroki...expansion was (2) 2+ applied to the structure of elbaite, XY3Z6(BO3)3T6O18A(1) (X = Na0.640Ca0.090K0.006âĄ0...Si, A = (OH)0.750, and A = F0.179(O,OH)0.071). Elbaite has space group R3m, and hexagonal cell dimensions...effect of pyroelectricity. Keywords: Tourmaline, Elbaite, Primary pyroelectricity, Asymmetric thermal vibrations...and eight for the anions; O and F in the case of elbaite (Grice and Ercit, 1993; Bosi et al., 2005). This |  | | Journal (issue) | | enjoy some of their mineral specimens. 1 2 1. Elbaite , Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)3(OH) , (variety...spodumene ) , LiAl(SiO3)2 , Mawi , Laghman province , Afghanistan 12,5 X 6,2 X 3,3 cms â . 3 3. Garnet...3,5 X 4 3 cms) ; . Ca3Al2Si3O12 , Laghman valley , Afghanistan (3,7 X 3,3 X 2,8 . cms ; crystal 2...(var. Hessonite, Ca3Al2Si3O12) , Laghman valley , Nuristan , Afghanistan . Size of specimen 3,6 X 2,9 X.... Weight - 38 grams â 13. Tourmaline , var. Elbaite , Himalaya mine, California , USA . Size 8,1X4X3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 8 (top left). Apatite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Specimen measures 18 Ă 12.5 Ă 9 cm...specimen, Richard Jackson photo. Figure 10 (above). Elbaite, quartz, and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | no known source LCT Rare-Element spodumene, elbaite, beryl Little (1942); Foye (1922); Stugard (1953)...batholith LCT Miarolitic beryl, fluorapatite, elbaite Kazmi, Peters, and Obodda (1985); Hassan (2007)...beryl, tourmaline, or topaz. Specimens from Afghanistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan (now Gilgit-Baltistan)...(now Gilgit-Baltistan) and adjacent areas in Afghanistan have produced an abundance of exceptional pegmatite...pegmatite minerals including topaz, elbaite, schorl, spodumene, aquamarine, apatite, and rarer minerals |
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