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Vesuvianite from
Nangarhar, Afghanistan


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopside22 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Andradite18 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Andradite at this locality.
Clinochlore8 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Albite4 photos of Vesuvianite associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:658314
Long-form Identifier:1:3:658314:9
GUID (UUID V4):ccf41d92-6751-4b22-8c75-c47c79ac7b38
Localities for Vesuvianite in this Region
Marki Khel, Sherzad District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan Compiled by G.J. Orris1 and J.D. Bliss1 Open-File Report...APPENDIX A: Afghanistan Mines and Mineral Occurrences.. 11 TABLES Table 1. Provinces of Afghanistan ........more than 1000 mines and mineral occurrences in Afghanistan was compiled from published literature and the...PROCESSING, AND ACCURACY Data on more than 1000 Afghanistan deposits, mines, and occurrences were compiled...coal, and peat. Three previous compilations of Afghanistan mineral resources were the dominant sources used
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz, clinozoisite, wollastonite, scapolite, vesuvianite, diopside, and tremolite (Anthony et al. 1995)...asbestos mine in the United States. Grossular and vesuvianite specimens were first encountered in the 1950s...as greenish-red dodecahedra associated with vesuvianite, which has been found as large as 10 cm in diameter...as well as allanite, epidote, scheelite, and vesuvianite. Colorless crystals of grossular have been found...labels reading Lake Jaco, but the grossular and vesuvianite occur east of the lake in Sierra de Cruces, as
Report (issue)
Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World BY DUDLEY...pure, meaning that the Right: Grossular on vesuvianite from the Sierra de Cruces Range in Mexico; 3...Japan. It occurs in association with calcite, vesuvianite, grossular, apatite, wollastonite, hematite,...also produces nice specimens of epidote and vesuvianite, which sometimes provided contrasting green matrices...(formed in fumaroles of the Fant'Ale volcano), Afghanistan (Nangahar), Zaire, Mexico, and Korea A deposit
Book (volume)
Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Report Series Published by BGS 2008 Ministry of Mines and Industries...Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Editors in chief SH Abdullah, V. M. Chmyriov Executive editor V. I...chief). 2008. Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan. 2 Volumes. British Geological Survey Occasional
Book
woodhouseite (Hammer, 1999). LAZURITE ASIA AFGHANISTAN Sar-e-Sang [Ladjuar Madan] mines, Kokcha River...only when major minerals of many sorts from Afghanistan and Pakistan began to reach the West in the 1980s...crystals (Kynicky and Krejsek, 2013). ASIA AFGHANISTAN Tchombarak near Pech, Kunar Province [Nuristan]...associated prehnite, epidote, actinolite and vesuvianite. Twelve of the 17 analyzed samples of Luning...associated with epidote, prehnite, quartz and vesuvianite (Grolig, 2005). TANZANIA Merelani mines, Merelani
Journal (issue)
the July-August issue, was devoted to the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In...crystals on matrix, 10 cm, from Darra-i-Pech, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Meieran collection; Jeff Scovil photo...crystal with quartz, 12 cm, from Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Meieran collection; Jeff Scovil photo. remembers...exhibit of gem-crystal specimens from Pakistan and Afghanistan which was on view at the University's Flandrau...from Paprok, Afghanistan that I have ever seen. His spodumene kunzites from Afghanistan are sharp, thick
Book (edition)
Inyo co., California, crystals to 3 cm with vesuvianite at Sandford, York co., Maine. It is an rock-forming...Jalalabad, at Nilaw, at Mawi, all Laghman prov., Afghanistan, and at the Hyakule mine, SankhuwaSabha dist...morganite with verdelite, x 50 mm, Laghman prov., Afghanistan, G blue aquamarine crystals and larger green-blue...North West Frontier prov., at Panjsher Valley, Afghanistan, and at Rajgarh and other mines at Radjasthan...crystals to 11 cm from Paprok. Kunar proY.. Afghanistan. from yet Bruk, Braldu Vallev. E of Dassu. and
Journal (issue)
Cu-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique • Sodalite from Afghanistan • Pseudo-chatoyancy and -asterism in sphalerite...Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in Central Asia. Rubies from both Pakistan and Afghanistan 250 RUBY...Province; Quinn and Laurs, 2004). In neighboring Afghanistan, marble-hosted rubies and sapphires occur mainly...Bowersox G.W., Chamberlin B.E. (1995) Gemstones of Afghanistan. Geoscience Press, Tucson AZ. Bowersox G.W.,... Holcomb D.W., Snee L.W. (2009) Afghanistan gemstone industry status report: Ruby and sapphire mines
 
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