 | | 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.......Parun Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......Pegmatite Field ............................656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt...pegmatites in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan have been producing some of the world’s finest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the...fine 4.4-cm beryl, variety morganite, crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego... Figure 4. A fine beryl, variety morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego...attractive 4 × 4 × 3-cm beryl, variety morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego...Figure 7. An unusual beryl, variety morganite, with albite from the Ramona district, San Diego County, California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microscopic alteration products as micas and the mica-albite mixture known as “cymatolite.” Spodumene does not...esthetic kunzite crystal sits upright on a base of albite and associated elbaite. The specimen, which is...is 7.7 cm high, was found in Nuristan, Afghanistan, probably in the late 1970s. It was initially acquired...specimens, as is now the case with material from Afghanistan. Invariably, however, deposits and even districts...area in the provinces of Laghman and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan (Bariand and Poullen 1978). Material |  | | Catalog/List | | MARCH/APRIL 2006 1) AFGHANITE. Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. A fairly sharp 20x9mm dark blue prismatic xl...40x30x46mm. £35. 3 38) SPOD UM ENE. Lackhuan, Afghanistan. A semi-transparent pale lemon yellow terminated...60x40x30mm max. £145. 43) TOPAZ, MUSCOVITE and ALBITE. Wensha, Yun Nan, China. A n intergrown group of...transparent topaz xls to 20mm. A little creamy albite to one side. 80x70x20mm. £65. 44) TOPAZ. Katlang...40x40x30mm. £115. 45) TOURMALINE. Peach, Kunar, Afghanistan. Nice single terminated xl without matrix |  | | Catalog/List | | also be on the Invoice sent with the parcel. ■■ ALBITE Hoydalen, Torda!, Telemark, Norway 1139 ■■ MUSCOVITE...·- ·- ·- - - - -- - -- - - - -- -- -- - - 16 ■■ ALBITE Lauvland, Frigstad, Evje Norway 100 ■■ 0LENITE...HELIOD0R. Yellow crystal section about 1.5 cm in Albite/Muscovite - ' Yellowish mass+ minor rmica A) Capsule...coverage of lustrous 1 to 2mm brown crystals over Albite crystals. very rich coverage 2cm x 8mm £25 Ipe...fluorescence. There is also some white PHOSPHORESENCE ! Afghanistan £15 MILLERITE fairly rich metallic, like pyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 09:03 02 January 2015 Figure 3 (left). Elbaite and albite, 11.1 cm wide, Pederneira mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil;...example. Figure 10 (below). Elbaite, quartz, and albite, 17.5 cm wide, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San...(left). Elbaite, albite, and quartz, 14.5 cm high, Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; The Collector’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/loi/tigr20 The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan a a L.N. Rossovskiy , V.M. Chmyrev & A.S. Salakh... Salakh (1977) The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan, International Geology Review, 19:12, 1429-1432...page/terms-and-conditions The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan Downloaded by [University of Montana] at 21:06...Sinsiang ( China), Burma, and New England (USA). In Afghanistan pegmatite veins with kunzite are found in the...Hindukush in the basins of the large rivers Alingar and Kunar (the Nuristan region). Small amounts of kunzite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Left: Spodumene, albite, and quartz, 14.6 cm high, from Mawi, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Right: Microcline...Microcline, albite, and quartz, 15 cm high, from El Paso County, Colorado. Jeff Scovil photos. now comes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cleavelandite and Lepidolite: [Papruk Mine], Kunar Province, Afghanistan; 2004; painted actual size of specimen...Germany. Figure 7. Elbaite (variety Rubellite) on Albite, Jonas Mine, Itatiaia District, Conselheiro Pena...January/February 2015 65 Figure 9. Elbaite with Albite, Tunnel de Dada, Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beryl, and albite specimen, 22.5 cm high, from the Guskak mine, Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan. This is another |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia) and Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) (TABLE 2). Crystals “frozen” in massive...(Zimbabwe, 25.67 ct), green elbaite tourmaline (Afghanistan, 12.33 ct), red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil...California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g), beryl (Heliodor, Ukraine, 303 g, 14...(Kievlenko 2003; Lyckberg et al. 2009). Pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan produce exceptionally fi ne gem...3 tons of gem-quality kunzite in 1968. Several albite-rich pegmatites in the northern part of this district |  | | Journal (issue) | | 11 tragedy, an? the_start of e bombing of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, the Pak1s_tam bor~er t:ily of Peshawar...were more nice gem petalite crystals from Paprok, Kunar, and a nice large beryllonite also from Paprok....Pech. Kunar. There was still a small movement of stones from Pech. The entire province of Kunar did not...far in the war. When Kabul fell. the governor of Kunar switched from pro-Taliban to anti-Taliban. The Taliban...starting to work again. Work was continuing in Kunar and Laghman, also at the sodalite deposit in Badakhshan |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2009 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION cleavelandite albite/ 14.5 cm, PaprJJtNuristan, Afgha ·stan. Ex Steve...collection. Joe Budd photo. Brazilianite with albite, 12 cm, Telirio mine near Linopolis, Minas Gerais...2009 9 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION Schort on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo...HAMS has enjoyed. Spessartine with cleavelandite (albite) and quartz, 9 cm, Navegadora mine, Penha do Norte...COLLECTION Aquamarine (beryl) on cleavelandite (albite), 7 cm, Dassu, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | commonly associated minerals are beryl, apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the...spessartine masses to 2 cm across occur in blocky albite in the Keith quarry at Auburn, Maine. Analyses...(center). Another fine Little 3 mine spessartine on albite. The 3.8-cm-wide specimen is in the Mike Keim collection...orange to red and are associated with microcline, albite, and smoky quartz. Trapezohedral spessartine crystals...lustrous orange crystals associated with schorl and albite from the Hercules and Little Three mines in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of rare-metal pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan) L.N. Rossovskiy a b & V.M. Chmyrev a b a...Department of Geology and Exploration , Kabul, Afghanistan Published online: 14 Sep 2009. To cite this...of rare-metal pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), International Geology Review, 19:5, 511-520...e - m e t a l pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan) Downloaded by [North Carolina State University]...discovered in Afghanistan. The pegmatite fields are located mainly in the eastern part of Afghanistan, in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Figure4: Another spodumenefloater from the Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. This 3 cmcrystalshowsodd, preferentiallusteron...and complex transparent lilac crystals from Afghanistan, sizes from TN to miniature: $25 to $250. Excalibur...replaced by a fine-grained, mechanical mixture of albite and muscovite (variety "cymatolite") that forms...Gemmy crystals from several localities in the Afghanistan/Pakistan areas are what most ofus see in the..."cymatolite" specimen from Branchville, Connecticut: an albite/muscovite pseudomorph afterspodumene. Collected |  | | Journal (issue) | | 40x36 cm Wo rld'. finest mine ra l matrix of white albite from Jonas Mine, speci men . even if it is not...cm c ranbe n-y-red •1 5 tourmalines on white albite matrix in most European institutions. A couple...lclaho. Peace of Mino::, Pole Creek. MN 19 - 1: 1.3 Albite, bery l, g arne t. smok y quart,. Paki stan. J\pahgun...Nagar, ~IN 19-1 . 1.4.5. 10 Bery l, spodumenc. Afghanistan. Laghman. l\lawr. ~IN 19-1 : 1.-l.5. JO Bcryllon11c...Penikat layered complex , MN 19- 10: 10 La pi<, Afghanistan, Bada kh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dark, stepped-growth crystals of muscovite with albite, 2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland...are 2–3 cm across, and are associated with beryl, albite, and quartz. Plumose muscovite has been found at...rosettelike habit. Associated minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire...muscovite. One in the collection is associated with albite and has stepped-growth muscovites to 4 cm across...almost 10 cm across. The associated minerals include albite, fluorapatite, beryl, and quartz, to name but a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peshawar on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan have recently begun to produce what are probably...trade in the minerals of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, the latter country lying only 30 miles to the...in Shinwaro, “high in the mountains” of Kunar in Afghanistan. I had been told not only that the crystals...by a few others to have come from “Nuristan, Afghanistan.” The preponderance of “Nuristan” in the dealers’...rugged mountain range separating Pakistan and Afghanistan. Although Zagi Mountain has produced most of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Obodda Fine Mineral Specimens Specializing in Afghanistan minerals Kunzite, Tourmaline, Beryl, A patite...15 cm in diameter. The crystal is on a block of albite matrix weighing about 300 kb (660 pounds). Before...red elbaite ( “ rubellite” ) associated with fine albite, quartz, lepidolite and microcline. Both foreign...encountered pockets containing beautiful plates of albite as large as 5 cm across, intergrown with attractive...garimpeiros broke into a pocket of elbaite and albite which was filled with mud and water. Ailton was |  | | Catalog/List | | high and one inch acrossunusual colour ! Kunar province Afghanistan £45 (see left) 3. SKUTTERUDITE bright...three dark blue 2 or 3mm crystals on small white Albite crystals Bourg d'Oisans France) £6 52. APATITE...with exceptional reversible photo sensitivity, Afghanistan large 2x3 £ 15 smaller one £ 12 ~." t;. •...usual minor pyrite, It's a really good colour Afghanistan £16 b) lx2 £7.50 65. CASSITERITE brown massive |  | | Journal (issue) | | November–December, 2020 Paul Bordovsky Fluorite with minor albite, 12.2 cm, from the Huanggang mining complex, Hexigten...from pegmatites. Enjoy! Almandine-spessartine on albite, 4.9 mm, Poaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil...collection; Beth Van Allen photo. Aquamarine with albite, 11.1 cm, from the Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan...Brazil. Beth Van Allen photo. Fluorapatite on albite with elbaite, 6.9 cm, from the Golconda mine, Governador...2020 27 Tom & Melissa Campbell Euclase with albite and muscovite, 3.5 cm, from Santana do Encoberto |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | joined by countries in southern Africa and by Afghanistan and Pakistan in southern Asia. Mining gems from...morganite), quartz, albite, and lepidolite from Kunar Valley, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan (26 × 17 × 13 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | across), with green elbaite on albite, from Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (b) A finegrained, massive...that the late-stage masses rich in lepidolite and albite, with minor quartz and an abundance of other, more...1988. (b) Amblygonite (3 × 2 × 2 cm) and mica with albite from a miarolitic cavity, Telirio mine, Linopolis...mine, New Hampshire. (d) Skeletal triphylite in albite, Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine; specimen is 5...branching crystal) in very fine-grained lepidolite and albite (21.5 × 14 cm), Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba |
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Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan