 | | Journal (issue) | | Native silver, 3.5 cm, from PotosĂ, Bolivia. (5) Chrysoberyl, 2.3 cm, from Takovaya, Ural Mountains, Russia...West mine, Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia...Topaz, 2 cm, from Minas Gerais, Brazil. (10) Chrysoberyl, 2.4 cm, from Minas Gerais, Brazil. (11) Euclase...thumbnail mineral specimensâ published in the Antelope Valley (California) Gem and Mineral Club bulletin, mentioned...mostly thumbnails acquired during his travels in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show |  | | Book | | in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has produced some...Corundum, Varieties Ruby and Sapphire Spinel Chrysoberyl India âJewel Tunnelâ Bombay District, Maharashtra...Plateau Region Afghanistan Badakshan District, Kokcha Valley, Northeast Afghanistan Nuristan District...District, Laghman Province, Northeast Afghanistan References 65 67 68 CONTENTS 7. Iran (Persia) Nishapur...District, Northeast of Sverdlovsk Sanarka River Valley District, Near Troick (Troitzk), Southern Ural |  | | Journal (issue) | | central and southern Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, and China), and Australia...once were. Deposits in Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley) and Pakistan (Swat Valley) produced fine-quality...photo by Maha Tannous. Figure 5. Catâs-eye chrysoberyl is among the most prized of phenomenal stones;...Hammid and Christieâs Hong Kong. CHRYSOBERYL The major sources of chrysoberyl (including both catâs-eye [figure...comm., 2000). The most exciting new source of chrysoberylâincluding a vanadiumcolored green variety as |  | | Book | | Charoite 80 Chiastolite 81 Chloromelanite 81 Chrysoberyl (Cymophane) Chrysocolla 81 Chrysolite 82 Chrysoprase...Badakhscan, 5 by 5 cm. Sorbonne collection Afghanistan rocks with no direct relationship to intrusions;...local Thal and Cambodian place there, The Po valley in Italy (Milan, maintains its traditional activity...aventurine quartz, for example. and beryl), only chrysoberyl can legally be called âcatâs-eyeââ without further...beauty, and so the commercial Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan containing pyrite inclusions. 28 Length. 8 |  | | Report (issue) | | Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World BY DUDLEY...embedded in schist. Almandine from this Alpine valley has been mined since the eighteenth century for...Sturgeon Falls in Ontario, Canada (Ontario's River Valley also produces collectible almandine crystals)....photo Above: Almandine from an occurence near River Valley, Nipsing District, Ontario, Canada; 9. 2 cm tall...garnets in the pegmatites of the Connecticut River Valley, but none have quite matched the quality or romance |  | | Journal (issue) | | sulphides from Peru|Purple spinel from Badakhshan, Afghanistan| Windmill-cut topaz from Namibia|Tourmaline...and sunset padparadscha sapphire, honey-colour chrysoberyl and ParaĂba-colour tourmaline. Each includes...Stream, which is fed by Yeni Stream from the Mogok Valley, so it is possible that the alluvial gems mined...zircon, apatite, topaz, sillimanite, fluorite, chrysoberyl, chal- For more than a century, the area near...ruby, sapphire, tourmaline, spessartine and chrysoberyl, as well as other gem minerals. The mining area |  | | Journal (issue) | | speaker Gary Bowersox talked about âThe Rubies of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.â As the leading explorer of gemstones...2012. (Photo: Chris Hood) From Madagascar To Afghanistan And Finally Tasmania June 1, 2012: I was wearing...southern Madagascar, the mountains of Northern Afghanistan and finally, the lush forests of Tasmania. It...Pardieu/AIGS) Fig. 5: Blue sapphires from Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. The grey area on each side of the tabular hexagonal...blue sapphires reportedly from a new deposit in Afghanistan from Mr. Parveez, an Afghan gem merchant I met |  | | Journal (issue) | | ct emerald was identified as originating from Afghanistan, although it contains a strong gota de aceite...provide evidence that this emerald originated from Afghanistan. 116 THE JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY, 38(2), 202 2...data, AGL determined that this stone is from Afghanistan. This is the first documentation of the gota...Malsy, A.-K. 2011. Alexandrite and colour-change chrysoberyl from the Lake Manyara alexandrite-emerald deposit...initially the locality referred only to the Kashmir valley located in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed region |  | | Book (edition) | | Faceted Kunzite and raw Kunzite crystals from Afghanistan are actually far rarer than Diamonds. Thanks...rare and brilliant, this is the only Vanadium Chrysoberyl the author has ever seen ¢ Brilliance is the...Topaz Carnelian Catâs Eye Actinolite Catâ Eye Chrysoberyl Catâ Eye Danburite Catâs Eye Scapolite Champagne... One gem synonymous with this phenomenon is Chrysoberyl, so much so that that if you just say âcat's...they'll assume you mean Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl. Catâs Eye Chrysoberyl Colour Change Manfred Eickhorst |  | | Journal (issue) | | graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor of the legislation...slabs, 8.5 cm each, from the Bonanza mine, Virgin Valley, Nevada, and an opalized limb cast, 4.5 cm, from...10 cm, from the Royal Peacock opal mine, Virgin Valley, Nevada. This piece was mined prior to 1962. Jeff...âplaying rocksâ ever since! I currently live in Oro Valley, Arizona with my wonderful partner Jocelyn, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | museum. E.S. BARIAND (P.). Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan. Min. Digest, 1972, 4, 6-14. 10 colour photos...of lapis lazuli from the mines in the Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan, is accompanied by colour photographs...h e mines are located in a hot a n d h u m i d valley with dense vegetation around. T h e rock faces...italics. Actinolite, 8 â transparent green, 105 Afghanistan, lapis lazuli from, 319 Agate Greek, the attraction...Alps, 318 Alexandrite from Brazil, 66 â and chrysoberyl occurrences, genesis of, 70 Amateur lapidary |  | | Journal (issue) | | locality, a sample of Cs-rich âmorganiteâ from Afghanistan described by Hänni and Krzemnicki (2003) has...to Dr. H. A. Hänni (pers. comm., 2003), the Afghanistan sample with 9.70 wt.% Cs2O reported by Hänni...2.92 nr 7.52 nr nr nr Pezzottaite from Afghanistan 9.70 1.604 1.598 2.91 Pezzottaite from Madagascar...France; Tom Cushman of Allerton Cushman & Co., Sun Valley, Idaho; Marc Jobin and Steve Jaquith of MJ3 Inc...Krzemnicki M.S. (2003) Caesium-rich morganite from Afghanistan and Madagascar. Journal of Gemmology, Vol. 28 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Treasurer Jack Nieburger, 25231 Pico Vista, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 (909) 242-1777 e-mail: jnieburger@aol...Treasurer Jack Nieburger, 25231 Pico Vista, Moreno Valley, CA 92557 (909) 242-1777 e-mail: jnieburger@aol...Knightstown, IN 46148; Tel: (765) 345-5514 Mississippi Valley Chapter For Chapter Information contact: Lawrence...He traveled from SĂŁo Paolo through the Paraiba Valley, crossed Mantiqueira Hill, and investigated the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mining Associates, Inc., and mined opal at Virgin Valley, Nevada for two summers, subleasing the Royal Peacock...principal city of the entire Jequitinhonha River valley (COMIG-Projeto Espinhaço, 2002). Eucalyptus trees...did not find a market. On the other side of the valley, nestled near the visited area, there are pegmatites...also 323 Figure 12. A view of the Fanado River Valley area in Capelinha, with several garimpo operations...2022 Figure 25. View of the Itamarandiba River Valley towards the northwest, from the road connecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cu-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique ⢠Sodalite from Afghanistan ⢠Pseudo-chatoyancy and -asterism in sphalerite...colors. Courtesy of Allerton Cushman & Co., Sun Valley, Idaho; photo by R. Weldon. About the same time...deposits also yielded other gems such as beryl, chrysoberyl, diamond, garnet, quartz, tourmaline, and zircon...Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in Central Asia. Rubies from both Pakistan and Afghanistan 250 RUBY...in the Hunza Valley near Ahmadabad (e.g., Laurs, 2007). Production from the Hunza Valley has remained |  | | Book (volume) | | Corundum . Ruby Sapphire . Other varieties Spinel. Chrysoberyl Cymophane Alexandrite Beryl . Emerald . Precious...Fig. 7. (Following p. 376.) ,, BERYL AND CHRYSOBERYL Fig. 1. â .... ., 3. Emerald, cut ., ...316 . 308, 310 322 â â by candlelight Chrysoberyl, crystal : Brazil â â 11. (Cymophane), cut...polished TOPAZ AND EUCLASE Fig. 1. . 2. Chrysoberyl (Alexandrite), crystal : .... . â 319 Alexandrite...old ruby mine in the river gravels of the Nampai valley, near Namseka village, in the Mainglon State. |  | | Journal (issue) | | from Lu.c YĂŞn, Vietnam|Scapolite from Badakhshan, Afghanistan|Tourmaline from Ife, Osun State, Nigeria|...FarEastern Region, Russia, and also from Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland (www.mindat.org/ gm/29239)...org/10.5741/gems.48.3.158. Scapolite from Badakhshan, Afghanistan While on a buying trip to Pakistan in June...stones came from Lajuar Madan, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The etched crystals showed a strong...author for examina- 285 Gem Notes Figure 18: Afghanistan is the source of these samples of colourless |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sodalite crystal, 2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Herbert Obodda collection; Jeff...explanation is that at one time there was located in this valley an Indian storehouse of goods, and a large portion...Mississippi-Valley-Type deposits. The mountain-building event that caused Mississippi-Valley-Type mineralization...deposition of the Garber Sandstone and the Mississippi-Valley-Type mineralization cited above occurred as a consequence...mineralization associated with the Mississippi-Valley-Type deposits, with 28 The Mineralogical Record |  | | Journal (issue) | | luminescence and H2 absorption ⢠Gem amphiboles from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Myanmar ⢠Recent gem beryl production...production in Finland ⢠Hessonite from Afghanistan ⢠Interesting abalone pearls ⢠Rhodonite of facet and...⢠Spessartine and almandine-spessartine from Afghanistan ⢠Gem tourmaline from Congo ⢠Dyed horn as an...STONES AND ORGANIC MATERIALS Gem amphiboles from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Myanmar. The amphibole group consists... These include light yellow richterite from Afghanistan, green pargasite from Pakistan, and brown pargasite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Viitaniemiite has also been reported from Paprok, Afghanistan, where outstanding crystals up to 18 cm long...St. Lawrence Valley system: a North American equivalent of the East African rift valley system. Canadian...Neufund: Viitaniemiite-Kristalle von Pabrok, Afghanistan. Lapis, 17 (1), 51 (in German). WIGHT, Q., and...Chapter: email: pmodreski@usgs.gov Mississippi Valley Chapter: email: bruce.stinemetz@ssa.gov FREE MINERALOGY |  | | Book (edition) | | byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31...e.g. on Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto...western Sayan Mts., white at Burumskoye, Vitim River Valley, all Siberia, Russia. In many localities in New... Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley, Salzburg, Austria. AM 61,178, 1976. Af ghanite...pref., Japan. At the Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais canton, Switzerland. In individual crystals |  | | Book | | minerals are the raw materials of the landscape. Every valley, hill and mountain peak is made entirely of rocks...just 20km/12 miles beneath California's Central Valley, it is 90k1n/54 miles thick under the Himalayas...Chelly beds of the buttes in Utah's famous Monument Valley (below). Tough though these rocks are, they too...semi-precious stones, include aqua1narine (blue beryl), chrysoberyl, sunstone, moonstone, garnet, topaz, tourmaline...asterisn1 in star sapphire and chatoyancy in chrysoberyl (see Mineral properties: Optical, in this section) |  | | Journal (issue) | | northeast of Vladivostok, in the Rudnaja (âOreâ) River Valley. It serves as the center of a very active mining...(10) Faults (a - certain, b - supposed) river valley were not limestone at all but solid, massive datolite...specimens of, for example, allanite, bismuthinite, chrysoberyl, chlorargyrite, and phosgenite. Of individual...some new, from the pegmatites of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Most excitingly new, especially if you are a...brand-new find at Shinwaro, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The blocky crystals are basically sharp and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sillimanite resembling moonstone ⢠Sphene from Afghanistan ⢠Uvite-dravite tourmaline from Tanzania ⢠Triploidite...Triploidite from China ⢠Väyrynenite from Afghanistan ⢠Diffusion-treated synthetic sapphire ⢠Lead glassâfilled...high temperatures, with the Be originating from chrysoberyl (see, e.g., Emmett et al., 2003, and references...stones in a crucible together with powdered chrysoberyl to over 1800°C in an oxidizing atmosphere (for...Colombia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (table 2). Of the latter samples, 50 parallel-polished |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann... Kunzite with Tourmaline, 24.4 cm, from Pech, Afghanistan. Obtained from James Horner in September 1998...fairly good asphalt road, we labored on into the valley along a roadway full of deep holes and bordered...quarter, and then to the Ătztal, a spectacular valley in Tyrol, and it was then that he was awakened...directions. Gradually we emerged from the narrow valley to one that was a bit broader and we could see |
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Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan