 | | 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.......Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | cm) SPODUMENE Khauraz, Laghman Prov. (Lagman Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan /•.v r;.-..j i a RED...Quebec, Canada Sold for S1.875 October 2013 FLUORAPATITE Panasqueira Mine, Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...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...decades the gem-bearing pegmatites of northeastern Afghanistan, together with similar pegmatites in nearby regions |  | | Journal (issue) | | samples, and compares them to emeralds from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Pakistan. The Chitral emerald...bluish (almost colourless) beryl crystal from Afghanistan, which measures 11.5 mm in the c-axis direction...bluish, almost colourless beryl crystal from Afghanistan (Figure 4) that has a short prismatic habit with...Schmetzer and photomicrograph (b) by H. A. Gilg. Afghanistan thus indicates that the crystal has undergone...Cambodia (0.93 Ma) Shandong, China (16 Ma) Afghanistan (24.7 Ma) Mesozoic Colombia (11－8 Ma) 40 Ma |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the pegmatite include triphylite (to 10 cm), fluorapatite (to 1 cm), and montebrasite (to 15 cm). Both...occur in last-stage cleavelandite-bearing zones; fluorapatite is volumentrically the most important. Because...Because of the widespread occurrence of fluorapatite in the pegmatite, it is interpreted to be the most important...essentially coeval with overlapping formation. Fluorapatite, eosphorite, hydroxylapatite, hydroxylherderite...mineralogy and contain magnetite, hematite (martite), fluorapatite, stillwellite-(Ce), allanite-(Ce), monazite(Ce) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Karakoram batholith LCT Miarolitic beryl, fluorapatite, elbaite Kazmi, Peters, and Obodda (1985);...beryl, tourmaline, or topaz. Specimens from Afghanistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan (now Gilgit-Baltistan)...(now Gilgit-Baltistan) and adjacent areas in Afghanistan have produced an abundance of exceptional pegmatite...aquamarine and pale pink to dark orange-pink fluorapatite on muscovite druses from the flanks of Chumar...fluorite crystals reaching up to 10 cm and the fluorapatite to 5 cm, matrix specimens can be quite large |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities are given in the captions. Figure 5. Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca...photo. Reference: Cassedanne (1986). Figure 12. Fluorapatite with albite and muscovite, 6.1 cm, from the...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 25. Fluorapatite, 5.4 cm, from the Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro...Cassedanne and Cassedanne (1978). Figure 76. Fluorapatite with muscovite, 10.8 cm, from the Sapo mine...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 95. Fluorapatite (dark green) with muscovite, 8.5 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | January-February, 201 1 TIZIANO BONISOLI FLUORAPATITE 5.2-cm crystals on quartz, found in 1950 in...crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement to The Mineralogical...with quartz and green elbaite, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Roberto Appiani photo. 48 Supplement...(with crystals to 11 cm), from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Roberto Appiani photo. 52 Supplement to The...ELBAITE 18.5-cm crystal, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Roberto Appiani photo. EPIDOTE 13 cm, from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cornish collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 30 Supplement to the Mineralogical...tenebrescence. From Kerry Cooper; Mark Mauthner photos. Fluorapatite in magnetite, 27 cm, from Iron Mountain, Iron...Tanzanite, 11 cm, Merelani. (5) Diopside, 8 cm, Afghanistan. (6) Spinel, 6 cm, Mogok. (7) Diamond, 3 cm,...seeing other people’s collections displayed. Fluorapatite with microcline and muscovite, 41 cm, from Chumar |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits of the high mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Once into the project, however, we realized...Sharif .PtHKhomri r1orirud Herilt ... Kabul Afghanistan 0 •Ghaznl • Oelaram • Kandahar • Bhatinda...thousands of mag nificent mineral specimens from Afghanistan and Pakistan that are housed in many of today's...My first encounter with the mineral riches of Afghanistan came in 1972 when I saw a small collection of...had obtained the specimens at their source in Afghanistan, and they are now part Elbaite and Diamond Pendant |  | | Journal (issue) | | A. 2021. Purple gem spinel from Vietnam and Afghanistan: Comparison of trace element chemistry, cause...Zambia, as well as the nearby Panjshir region of Afghanistan and others. It was found that the macroscopic...top-quality emeralds from the Panjshir region in Afghanistan have also been sourced in recent years (Krzemnicki...Hindu Kush block extends across the border into Afghanistan and consists of metamorphic and igneous rocks...tectonic units in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. The new emerald deposit is located near Besti |  | | Book | | in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has produced some...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...crystals of cinnabar from China, the kunzites from Afghanistan, and the topazes and beryls from the Urals, just...September-October, 1978. 6 Afghanistan Since ancient times, the Badakshan District of Afghanistan has been acclaimed |  | | Report (issue) | | The Panasqueira Mines: One Hundred Years of Fluorapatite BY CARLES CURTO MILA AND JORDI FABRE I FORNAGUERA...DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan, Afghanistan BY JOHN RAKOVAN PAGE 98 China and Japan BY...(Damour 1856; Rammelsberg 1860): 4 APATITE fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, and chlorapatite. Their ideal...of the colors and luminescent properties of fluorapatite. STRUCTURE As with all mineral groups, the...Correze, France Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe |  | | Catalog/List | | Sunday, May 4, 2014 | 12:00 PM CT 43 52046 FLUORAPATITE Panasqueira Mine, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Specimen and photo: Boris Kantor. Photo 4. Fluorapatite, crystals up to 0.6 cm wide. Lukhunistskali..."floaters" (Photo 3). O::casionally, small tabular fluorapatite crystals occur (Photo 4). However, nature does...Elbaite and Apatite - Mawi Pegmatite, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (-� Dioptase on Calcite - Tsumeb Mine...Obodda's group of 17 (!) aquamarine crystals from Afghanistan, Marcus Bud ii 's inter- 1. Rhodochrosite,...Jordi Fabre 3. Beryl var Aquamarine, 32 x 18 cm. Afghanistan. Specimen: Herbert 0bodda 4. Native Gold (Fine |  | | 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...Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 36. “Royal purple” fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite...Record, November–December, 2022 33 Figure 40. Fluorapatite, 9 mm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Androscoggin...2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. James Madison University collection, ex Peter |  | | Book | | Strickland quarry in Portland, Connecticut. Fluorapatite, which fluoresces yellow-orange, is common in...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...weak pink SULFATES Kogarkoite PHOSPHATES Fluorapatite TUNGSTATES Scheelite blue-white SILICATES...pegmatites. These include the fluorescing minerals fluorapatite, fluorite, including the chlorophane variety |  | | 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 tour maline locality. See Bariand...Mozambique colorless —Afghanistan pink —Afghanistan * & Newry, Maine * green —Afghanistan * & Newry, Maine...(1974) Gem spodumene and achroite tourmaline from Afghanistan. Journal o f Gemmology, 14, 170-174. DUNN, P...Al)3Al6(B 03)3Si60 18(0H )4 Ferrocolumbite Fluorapatite (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)20 6 Ca5(P 0 4)3(F,0H ) Graphite |  | | Journal (issue) | | chrysoberyl, tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz, quartz and zircon, plus rare species...spinel, topaz, aquamarine, peridot, zircon, fluorapatite and enstatite, and among its other collectible...including gem crystals of diopside, scapolite, fluorapatite, titanite, spinel and ruby corundum; well crystallized...marbles there include ruby, scapolite, diopside, fluorapatite, phlogopite, graphite and forsterite. Federico...East (including localities in Burma, Pakistan Afghanistan, Vietnam, Tanzania and others). After his first | | | Book | | Strickland quarry in Portland, Connecticut. Fluorapatite, which fluoresces yellow-orange, is common in...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...blue white SULFATES Kogarkoite PHOSPHATES Fluorapatite TUNGSTATES Scheelite blue-white SILICATES...pegmatites. These include the fluorescing minerals fluorapatite, fluorite, including the chlorophane variety |  | | Journal (issue) | | (x1), delvauxite, fairбeldite (?), fluorapatite, carbonate fluorapatite, goyazite, hydroxylapatite, carbonate...(Ladyzhenskii, 1965); multilayer concretion of carbonate fluorapatite—barite—kaolinite—siderite composition (Sobolevskii...vivianite, goyazite, carbonate apatite, carbonate fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, messelite, tinticite (?),...Mn— Inyl'chek, Sarydzhaz Range. Kulam and Mаwi, Laghman Prov., Nuristan, Afghani14. КA7.AКНSТAN, M I D...to 20 cm (Rossovskii L.N., 1977); tourmaline. Afghanistan:! beryllonite and! pollucite (crystals up to |  | | Catalog/List | | online. 72091 Gemstone: Apatite - 32.28 Cts. Afghanistan Apatite is a fairly common Phosphate mineral...Nonetheless, this gorgeous emerald cut stone from Afghanistan is a stunner and weighs in at a substantial 32...pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite is the most popular variety of the mineral...gemstone is top-caliber. The sizable example from Afghanistan weighs in at over 82 carats and features the...pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite was named in honor of the legendary house |  | | Journal (issue) | | (sapphire) Creedite Cuprite Dioptase Elbaite Epidote Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Garnet group Gold Grossular...1998, and the rest of that issue). Figure 17. Fluorapatite, 4.4 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry near Auburn...Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Pulsifer fluorapatite at its best is considered to have the deepest,...September–October, 2020 Figure 22 (right). Fluorapatite with albite and schorl, 8.5 cm, from Chumar...famous for extraordinary clusters of dark green fluorapatite crystals (see Menezes, 2009). 718 The Mineralogical |  | | Book | | OF A CHANGING PLANET Hardness 5 Hardness 8 Fluorapatite Topaz Hardness 6 Hardness 9 Microcline ...Greece. Asia: Jegdalek marble near Sorobi, Laghman, Afghanistan; Zanskar district, Kashmir, India; Ratnapura...directions. mlUle)e-ley-tiiis =Xoaviiolalixs Fluorapatite-(CaF), Madagascar * 13.8 x 15.8 x 9.6 mm, Beryllonite...and a very rare collector’s gem. It 15.20 ct. Fluorapatite is fairly uncommon as a gemstone because It...brittle Specific Gravity 2.8 ; ‘ 2 , F . Ba Fluorapatite, Aldeia do Eme Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas |  | | Book | | 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral localities: the pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan (by P....mineral localities: the pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan 9:301-308 --and J. F. Poullen: Rare... Yugoslavia 22:201-208 CARBO~AT&FLUORAPATITE Carbonate-fluorapatite from near Fairfield, Utah (by P....& G. E. Harlow) 11:313-314 COMET MINE Giant fluorapatite crystals [from the Comet mine, Quebec]: a question...review-Zeolites of the World 23:41~1 l Carbonate-fluorapatite from near Fairfield, Utah 11:33-34 Contributions |
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