 | | Catalog/List | | Elbaite. Compared to the output of place such as Afghanistan or Brazil, the production from Elba is relatively...glassy. The Cleavelandite/Tourmaline matrix bears a Cookeite overcoat in places. In fine condition with one...visit HA.com/6150 73162 TOURMALINE, FELDSPAR & COOKEITE Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib District, Erongo...The general geology follows the same format as Afghanistan (q.v.) and to some degree ā China. This is because...bladed aggregates/rosettes of Cleavelandite with Cookeite coatings. Luster is glassy, and condition is excellent |  | | Catalog/List | | terminated scalenahedral Calcite. 2Ā£x2x1", Ā£6.00. COOKEITE/QUARTZ. Buckfield.Oxford Co..Maine.U.S.A. Choice...2|x2ixl4", Ā£15-00. 114. ELBAITE. Laghman Province,Nuristan,Afghanistan. Doubly terminated gemmy prism with...Ā£80.00. ELBAITE. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. .Afghanistan. Gemmy terminated,tri-chroic.striated prismatic |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan (by P. Bariand and J. Poulen) [1978...zorlin and *An area just north of Nuristan, Afghanistan, a famous tourĀ maline locality. See Bariand...Mozambique colorless āAfghanistan pink āAfghanistan * & Newry, Maine * green āAfghanistan * & Newry, Maine...(1974) Gem spodumene and achroite tourmaline from Afghanistan. Journal o f Gemmology, 14, 170-174. DUNN, P...in turn often coated with the lithium chlorite, cookeite, and then partially dissolved leaving etched fragments |  | | Catalog/List | | while the backside displays a heavy coating of Cookeite. There is no matrix, and, other than one ādingā...Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan Sodalite is a close relative of the Lazurite...com/5168 52111 KUNZITE Nuristan Province, Afghanistan The pink to lilac colored variety of gem Spodumene...that are found high in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. This fine specimen is an unusually large and...in MATRIX Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan As one of the three components of the semi-precious |  | | Book | | several of these localities. The pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan are proving to be a trea- sure...colorless tourmalines from peg- matites in Afghanistan fluoresce bright blue Excellent crystals of apatite... Recently, pegmatite mineral specimens from Afghanistan and Pakistan have become available, and among...short-wave is evident in some pink beryl from Laghman, Afghanistan. White fluorescence under short-wave ultraviolet...from Nuristan, Afghanistan, that fluoresce in the same blue color. Also from Afghanistan, there are completely |  | | Journal (issue) | | needed to remove surficial crusts and stains, e.g. cookeite crusts from elbaite; iron stains from microcline;...Fluorapatite, 3.5-cm doubly terminated crystal on cookeite-covered matrix, 8 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry...2 cm, on an 18-cm matrix, from Laghman Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Mim #1855, mined in 2016 and acquired...3-mm microlite crystal, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. The specimen is a āfloater,ā complete on all |  | | 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...Elbaite may be replaced by lepidolite, muscovite or cookeite, especially in pockets exposed to late-stage fluids...with associated quartz and albite from Pech, Afghanistan. Bruce Oreck collection; Jeff Scovil photograph...Elbaite may be replaced by muscovite, lepidolite or cookeite. Newry, Maine; Mesa Grande and Pala pegmatite | | | Book | | several of these localities. The pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan are proving to be a treasure trove...Clear colorless tourmalines from pegmatites in Afghanistan fluoresce bright blue in short-wave ultraviolet... Recently, pegmatite mineral specimens from Afghanistan and Pakistan have become available, and among...is evident in some pink beryl from Laghmar, Afghanistan. White fluorescence under short-wave ultraviolet...from Nuristan, Afghanistan, that fluoresce in the same blue color. Also from Afghanistan, there are completely |  | | Journal (issue) | | cm in groups and clusters. More very good blue cookeite on quartz is being found by Jim McNeil (1175 Mt...Your Head claim in Saline County. Some of the cookeite fluoresces pale green in longwave ultraviolet...of very fine (and indeed, under-appreciated!) cookeite specimens helped round out the year. Newry has...in situ. Part III: Other World Occurrences AFGHANISTAN While good crystals of lazurite have not exactly...cores nearly 12 cm in diameter, on matrix, from Laghman, available from International Mineral Exchange |  | | Journal (issue) | | group to Cobaltite group Cookeite, add compare Lunijianlaite (to follow Cookeite) , Coombsite, K(Mn+ 2 ...Lunijianlaite, a regular 1: 1 interstratification of Cookeite and Pyrophyllite, mon. Magnesio-aluminokatophorite...beryl etc.) especially those from Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also from Africa and Russia. (He also attends...lazurite crystals on matrix from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. One of the lazurite specimens seems to consist...blue, measuring 18 cm across, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Kristallkeller Niirnberg specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kit, 1.2e, a review, 219 Afghanistan: āJegdalek, Kabul, ruby, 361 āLaghman district new gems, 59 āNuristan...properties, 87 āgift to GAGTL, 570 āgolden; Afghanistan, 59; colour fading, 108 āgreen, from central...CONFUCIUS, Li Ki (trans. GEISS, H., FREY, R.) Cookeite: Brazil, 279, replacing tourmaline, 280 COOPER...Cliffs, 497 Rubellite (see Tourmaline) Ruby: āAfghanistan, 361 āAustralia, 363 ācathodoluminescence, 299...Entwicklungen der Kristallmodelle, 61 Tourmaline: āAfghanistan, 59, 497 āAustralia, 364 āBrazil, 263, alluvial |  | | Book | | mm. Montana, US.A. Ruby, 16 mm x, Jegdalek, Afghanistan ā¢ gray; S - white; L - vitreous to adamantine;...up to 50 mm (2 in) long come from Jegdalek, Afghanistan; Mogok, Burma and from Luc Yen, Vietnam. Prismatic...- uneven Manganotantalite, 19 mm, Nuristan, Afghanistan Euxenite-(Y), 40 mm, Ambatofotsy, Madagascar... 8. Phosphates Beryllonite, 31 mm, Paprok, Afghanistan Lithiophosphate Li3P04 ā¢ ORTHORHOMBIC Properties:...USA; also from Viitaniemi, Finland and Paprok, Afghanistan. Adamite, 52 mm, Mapimi, Mexico Lithiophosphate |  | | Book | | pegmatite. Tourmaline may be replaced by micas or cookeite, beryl by bertrandite, spodumene by eucryptite...AT E 1 I 6 Lazurite. Sar e Sang, Nuristan, Afghanistan. 2-cm crystal. Known to the gem trade as lapis...lazuli, ;azurite has been mined in northeastern Afghanistan since biblical times. P L AT E 1 1 7 Corundum...Beryllonite Stoneham, Maine Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan C/hp? C/hp? 135,155 175 Betafite Betafo area...Lake, Manitoba Oxford County, Maine Nuristan, Afghanistan Island of Elba, Italy M/gr M/gr M/gr M/gr 196 |  | | Book (edition) | | of Jalalabad, at Nilaw, at Mawi, all Laghman prov., Afghanistan, and at the Hyakule mine, SankhuwaSabha...- morganite with verdelite, x 50 mm, Laghman prov., Afghanistan, G blue aquamarine crystals and larger...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...Creek, Hill co., Montana. Also at Khanneshin, Afghanistan. AM 38, 11691183, 1953. Callaghanite Cu2Mg2[(OH)61(CO3)]ā¢2Hi0 | | | Journal (issue) | | group to Cobaltite group Cookeite, add compare Lunijianlaite (to follow Cookeite), Coombsite, K(M n+2,Fe+2...Lunijianlaite, a regular 1:1 interstratification of Cookeite and Pyrophyllite, mon. Magnesio-aluminokatophorite...beryl etc.) especially those from Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also from Africa and Russia. (He also attends...lazurite crystals on matrix from Badakhshan, Afghanistan. One of the lazurite specimens seems to consist...pink and blue, m eaĀ suring 18 cm across, from Laghman, Nuristan, A fghanistan. K ristallkeller N iirnberg |  | | Book | | (Keller and Wang, 1986) and the Nuristan area of Afghanistan are among the most important. No area can match...reported in hydrothermal veins from Panjahir, Afghanistan (Bowersox, 1985). In Colombia, however, calcite-rich... W. 1985. A status report on gemstones from Afghanistan. Gems & Gemology 21(4):192-204. Bray, W. 1978...recently, Jos, Nigeria, and the Nuistan area of Afghanistan (Hariand and Poullen, 1978; Bowersox, 1985)....contain tantalite, albite, cassiterite, microlite, cookeite, and muscovite, along with tourmaline, garnet | | | Book | | (Keller and Wang, 1986) and the Nuristan area of Afghanistan are among the most important. No area can match...reported in hydrothermal veins from Panjahir, Afghanistan (Bowersox, 1985). In Colombia, however, calcite-rich... W. 1985. A status report on gemstones from Afghanistan. Gems & Gemology 21(4):192-204. Bray, W. 1978...recently, Jos, Nigeria, and the Nuistan area of Afghanistan (Hariand and Poullen, 1978; Bowersox, 1985)....contain tantalite, albite, cassiterite, microlite, cookeite, and muscovite, along with tourmaline, garnet |  | | Book | | up to 50 mm (2 in) long come from Jegdalek, Afghanistan; Mogok. Burma and from Luc Yen, Vietnam. Prismatic...ruby as gemstones. Ruby, 16 mm x. Jegdalek. Afghanistan Sapphire, 41 mm. Kashmir. India 83 Hematite...uneven Manganotantalite. IV mm. Nuristan, Afghanistan Euxenite-(Y). 40 mm. Ambatofotsy, Madagascar... 8. Phosphates Beryllonite. 31 mm. Paprok. Afghanistan Lithiophosphate Li3P04 ORTHORHOMBIC ā¢ Properties:...L'SA: also from Viitaniemi, Finland and Paprok, Afghanistan. Adamite. 52 mm. Mapimi, Mexico Lithiophosphate |  | | Book | | Spodumene, variety kunzite, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, 8.5 4.6 2.1 cm. Antigorite, nickel-containing... 238 16. PHYLLOSILICATES COOKEITE PSEUDOMORPH AFTER TOURMALINE Cookeite pseudomorph after tourmaline...Valley, Jurm District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 6.1 6 5 cm. Muscovite with albite, Pack...Lazurite on marble, Sar-E-Sang, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan, 4.2 3.8 2.6 cm. 17. TECTOSILICATES CANCRINITE...pseudomorph, almandine, 239 Cobar Mine, Australia, 199f Cookeite pseudomorph, tourmaline, 238 Copper pseudomorph |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | especially as in the gem deposits of Myanmar and Afghanistan. Varieties: Three subdivisions of corundum can...other metamorphic rocks. Rubies are found in Afghanistan at Jagdalak, 50 km E of Kabul, in limestone....Mongolia(*), crystals to 6.5 em. Nuristan, Laghman, Afghanistan(!), sharp crystals and twins to 10 cm. Stak...carbocernaite, barite, and chlorite at Khanneshin, Afghanistan. ucws ZV MO 111:321(1982). 14.4.4.3 Named Calcioburbankite...Sandy Creek, SE Hill Co., MT; at Khanneshin, Afghanistan. Hcws 15.4.2.1 Lanthanite-(La) La,(CO,),"8H |  | | Book | | spodumene-rich K feldspar pegmatites with montebrasite and cookeite (Romeiro and Pedrosa-Soares 2005). Spodumene-rich...Pegmatites (47b D) The Laghman pegmatites, a series of Be-Lipegmatites in Nuristan, Afghanistan, may serve as...bertrandite, beryl, brazilianite, columbite-(Mn), cookeite, dravite, elbaite (ārubellite, indigolite, verdeliteā)...Quartz, albite, muscovite, biotite, lepidolite, cookeite, tourmaline (dravite, elbaite, var. rubellite...Poullen JF (1978) The Pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Miner Rec 301ā308 Bartholomew MJ, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clinozoisite Cobaltite Cofļ¬nite Colemanite Colusite Cookeite Cooperite Copper Cordierite/iolite Cordylite-(Ce)...partly ļ¬lled with quartz, galena, sphalerite and cookeite, an alteration product of Li-bearing minerals...district. The Anak sediment-hosted Cu deposit in Afghanistan may be another analogue of the Central African...spodumen-rich K feldspar pegmatites with montebrasite and cookeite are exploited in the Cachoeira deposit/Minas Gerais...Brasil. b) Colorless spodumen, unknown site in Afghanistan. c) Boudinage of concordant unzoned Li-bearing | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Clinozoisite Cobaltite Cofļ¬nite Colemanite Colusite Cookeite Cooperite Copper Cordierite/iolite Cordylite-(Ce)...partly ļ¬lled with quartz, galena, sphalerite and cookeite, an alteration product of Li-bearing minerals...district. The Anak sediment-hosted Cu deposit in Afghanistan may be another analogue of the Central African...spodumen-rich K feldspar pegmatites with montebrasite and cookeite are exploited in the Cachoeira deposit/Minas Gerais...Brasil. b) Colorless spodumen, unknown site in Afghanistan. c) Boudinage of concordant unzoned Li-bearing |  | | Book | | cesian analcime, cesian beryl, Iithiophosphate, cookeite, adularia, albite, apatite, calcite, quartz, and...lepidolite and quartz from Nilaw, Nunstsn, Laghman Province, Afghanistan; photo by Rudy W. Tschcmieh. POLLUCITE...specimens of pollucite crystals, found in Pakist.an, Afghanistan, and Italy, are diffrcullto obtain. Microcrystals...pegmatites in Maine, U.S.A Worldwide Localities AFGHANISTAN Frosted colorless traperobedra of socIian pollucite...CUlling Precambrian diorite near Nilaw, Nuristan, Laghman Province (Bariand and Poullen, 1978; R WI). Soclian | | | Book | | cesian analcime, cesian beryl, Iithiophosphate, cookeite, adularia, albite, apatite, calcite, quartz, and...lepidolite and quartz from Nilaw, Nunstsn, Laghman Province, Afghanistan; photo by Rudy W. Tschcmieh. POLLUCITE...specimens of pollucite crystals, found in Pakist.an, Afghanistan, and Italy, are diffrcullto obtain. Microcrystals...pegmatites in Maine, U.S.A Worldwide Localities AFGHANISTAN Frosted colorless traperobedra of socIian pollucite...CUlling Precambrian diorite near Nilaw, Nuristan, Laghman Province (Bariand and Poullen, 1978; R WI). Soclian |
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