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Lazurite from
Kiran, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Lazurite
Formula:Na7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phlogopiteⓘ1 photo of Lazurite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lazurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kiran, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:602329
Long-form Identifier:1:3:602329:4
GUID (UUID V4):8a1eda41-484e-45dc-868e-73958d6d36e7
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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crystal from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The color is a dark blue and looks much like lazurite in color. There...color to bright purple in light) from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The crystals are up lo over an inch, intergrown...lso we re so cial ite ¡pcc im c ns , fr o m the Badakhshan. A fo ha ni stan. John Attard (Attard's M inera...hrochantite from the Hansonburg . O ther fro m the district 111cludc t umebi te, libcthcn ite, pseudomalachite...cros tructure . The quartz occurs on the hanging wa ll A nd the flu orite is o n the footwall of the
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locality, a sample of Cs-rich “morganite” from Afghanistan described by Hänni and Krzemnicki (2003) has...the famous Ampandramaika-Malakialina pegmatite district, one of many areas in central Madagascar that...to Dr. H. A. Hänni (pers. comm., 2003), the Afghanistan sample with 9.70 wt.% Cs2O reported by Hänni...beryl from Arizona Beryl from Tanco, Bernic Lake district, Canada Morganite from Madagascar 6.68 7.16 ...2.92 nr 7.52 nr nr nr Pezzottaite from Afghanistan 9.70 1.604 1.598 2.91 Pezzottaite from Madagascar
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Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock...manto deposits of polymetallic ores in the Taxco district, commonly as compact aggregates of crystals overgrown
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North-West Branch: I. Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: I. R. M. Lewis, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W...x 2.1 mm no. 3 blue kyanite crystal, Machakos District, Kenya, 30 x 10 x 8 mm no. 4 translucent brown...miles south-east of Lamsamba Hill in the Kwale district of Kenya. A similar material, schreyerite, V 2...their commercial potential in mind. Pakistan and Afghanistan have recently provided fine quality material...). Lapis lazuli from Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. Gems & Gemology, XVII, 4,184-90, 8 figs (7 in
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fluorite were produced from the Xianghualing mining district. The Chinese dealers, having learned quickly that...intermittent tectonic events. In the Xianghualing district, ore is taken from several large mines and from...distance on the steep slopes of the mountain. The district includes mines directly adjacent to the village...specimens come from a mine called Dongpo, Shizhuyuan district, about 25 km southeast of Chenzhou. The green...county seat. Only a few of the workings in the old district are still being mined on a private basis. The
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field trips to the world-famous Pala gem pegmatite district in San Diego County. These excursions will give...formula Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2—along with the species lazurite and nosean. To identify the mineral(s) present... A. Hänni (“Gem-quality haüyne from the Eifel District, Germany,” Fall 2000 Gems & Gemology, pp. 246–253)...sprinkled internally with black pepper. Gemologists Kiran and Kusam Malhotra of K&K International, Falls Church
 
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