| | 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 | | | Journal (issue) | smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collectorâs Edge Minerals specimen;...SEPTEMBERâOCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......General Mineralogy ........................614 Nuristan Province .......................................Pegmatite .....................................631 Paprok Pegmatites ..................................633...www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas | | | Journal (issue) | on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ...terminated crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to...the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend district, Reynolds County, Missouri. Roberto Appiani photo | | | Journal (issue) | delighted to see the new material ofherderite and hydroxylherderite from the Erongo Complex at the show. The crystals...difference bet\veen Erongo herderite and hydroxylherderite to me. The matrix is crystallized fluorite..."herderite" specimens offered are really hydroxylherderite herderite is technically "fluor-herderite"...scientific and economic impact of the Freiberg Mining district is based on rich finds of silver-lead-zinc-ore...Breithaupt in J 849, developed for the Freiberg district, found their way in the scientific nomenclature | | | Journal (issue) | from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection;...from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Coeur dâAlene district, Shoshone County, Idaho. Joe Budd photo. Supplement | | | Report (issue) | Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really, though, itâs not that they...============ï„ Beryl, 2.7 cm, from the Gilgit district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The Arkenstone specimen;...specimens, from some unknown site in the Gilgit district of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly Northern Areas)...the Sahatany Valley (Madagascar), the Paprok mine (Afghanistan), the Himalaya mine (California), Oyo...and a sharp yellow-brown, fishtailtwinned hydroxylherderite crystal. Steve Smale acquired this piece in | | | Journal (issue) | collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...âa new mineral storeâ in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,â he said, âcollected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the SĂŁo Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskinâs mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from | | | Journal (issue) | clude albite, beryl, fluorapatite, helvine, hydroxylherderite, lepidolite, orthoclase, quartz and spodumene...the partners of the famous tourmalines from Afghanistan, with pastel pink and green colors, and the pocket...antilogous pole) resembles the crystals from Afghanistan that gave the pocket its name. They have relatively...photo. Elbaite tourmaline, 10 cm high. Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Private collection. J. Elliott photo... Elbaite tourmaline, 30.5 cm high. Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. D. Trinchillo collection. J. Elliott | | | Journal (issue) | shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals found there... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April....January-February 2007 Topaz Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Mardon District, Pakistan 6.4 cm; Bright pink topaz may well be...in the Ural Mountains of Russia; the Ouro Preto district in Brazil; and Ghundao Hill in Pakistan. Pakistan | | | Journal (issue) | Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...âą Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...in the United States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique...phenomenal aquamarine specimens from the Skardu district, Pakistan. Because of their relative importance | | | Journal (issue) | mineral localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . ...Mineral Localities: The Sapo Mine Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Menezes...until eight years ago, Goiabeira was merely a district of Conselehiro Pena, but in a referendum the population...municĂpio. Meanwhile, residents in the Ferruginha district, located 10 km north of the Sapo mine, voted to...fluorite) Divino das Laranjeiras Area (17) Linopolis district mines (quartz, elbaite, phosphates) (18) TelĂrio | | | Journal (issue) | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...JanuaryâFebruary, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon âsole governorâ...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry...off complete anarchy, King Mindon decreed the district free and open to all for mining and trading. Additionally | | | Journal (issue) | FineMineral.com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals...CaMn21(CO3)2 Kutnohorite occurs typically in the district as opaque pink, rounded masses and as fan or club-shaped...Figure 4. Gold crystals to 2.5 cm, from the Cariboo District, British Columbia. Anthony Fraser (Gold Nugget...gold crystal groups from somewhere in the Cariboo district of British Columbia, Canada. Some of the specimens...pyrite, 15 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru | | | Journal (issue) | Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...mostly thumbnails acquired during his travels in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...cm, from the Eagleâs Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection...Bustamite, 2.7 cm, from the North mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Stretch Young collection...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum | | | Book | exploited one of many MVT deposits in the tristate district of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Stepping into...some of the gold in the California mother lode district [see PLATE 3] probably formed when hydrothermal...some granitic pegmatites. P L AT E 1 0 5 Hydroxylherderite. Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 1.5-cm...corroded white feldspar under this crystal of hydroxylherderite provides evidence of chemical attack and dissolution...formed minerals in this granitic pegmatite. Hydroxylherderite is a secondary phosphate mineral formed by | | | Book | Norway; large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. lt is common in the Coeur d' Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm ( L2...10 mm (3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...mm. Montana, US.A. Ruby, 16 mm x, Jegdalek, Afghanistan âą gray; S - white; L - vitreous to adamantine;...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district, South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to | | | Book | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in...Localities Canada: Cobalt mining district and Thunder Bay District, Ontario. USA: several localities... Wire silver, Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada * 11.5 x 14x 11 om Silver has...xe2e0x Gem Copper, New Cornelia (Ajo) Mine, Ajo district, Arizona, USA 6 Keo lecm LEFT: Au (China, Eastern | | | Journal (issue) | Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico, should be advised that...(first color special issue) $20 v.5/#5 Julcani District in Peru, Indian Mtn. (AL), Capelinha (Brazil)...Pyrite (WA), Hydroboracite (CA) $7 v.10/#1 Hydroxylherderite (Brazil), Books on U.S. minerals v,10/#3...Axinites (CA), El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $8 v.21/#3 American Amethyst | | | Report (issue) | 100 carats. The spinels are from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, the source of the emeralds is as yet unknown...is Sri Lankan. The tourmaline could be from Afghanistan, as the trade route from India ran very close...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...with associated quartz and albite from Pech, Afghanistan. Bruce Oreck collection; Jeff Scovil photograph...Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley, Afghanistan and the Malkhan | | | Book | Norway: large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. It is common in the Cocur d'Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm (12...10 mm (J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district. South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to...up to 50 mm (2 in) long come from Jegdalek, Afghanistan; Mogok. Burma and from Luc Yen, Vietnam. Prismatic | | | Journal (issue) | gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...England Wheal Duchy (Huel Dutchy) in the Callington District near the eastern border of Cornwall, was opened...crystal, 3.7 cm, from Locotal braccia, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia...crystal of shining brown monazite, a pale tan hydroxylherderite with oriented inclusions of cream-white clay...gemmy and razor-sharp; a superb kunzite from Afghanistan, also gemmy throughout; and even a few synthetic | | | Journal (issue) | sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite...matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Supplement | | | Book | 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral localities: the pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan (by P....Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257... A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The Fat...24:67 Famous mineral local.ities: the Rush Creek district, Marion County, Arkansas (by D. A. Richards) 24:285-299 | | | Book | 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 | | | Report (issue) | BY DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan, Afghanistan BY JOHN RAKOVAN PAGE 98 China and Japan...apatite structure is complex and contains three district sites on which the cations sit. The calcium and..."faden," 5.6 cm tall Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection...(longwave (UVA) light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col...albite ("white" light), 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred collection |
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Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan