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Sapphire from
Snezhnoe deposit, Rangkul, Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Snezhnoe deposit, Rangkul, Murghob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1076934
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1076934:2
GUID (UUID V4):c71e7e06-a54a-4b23-b778-c40d652172ba
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Petrogenesis of the Snezhnoe Ruby Deposit, Central Pamir Andrey K. Litvinenko 1 , Elena... Abstract: The Snezhnoe ruby deposit is located in the Muzkol–Rangkul anticlinorium within the...of the Central Pamir. On the local scale, the deposit occurs on discrete relict bedding planes of calcitic...assemblages are present within the main parts of the deposit: (1) scapolite + phlogopite + muscovite + margarite;...muscovite is typical for the ruby-free parts of the deposit. Mica group minerals with a distinctive green color
Journal (issue)
Photomicrography Techniques and Equipment Ruby and Sapphire from Tajikistan The Micro-World of Gem Inclusions Summer...Inclusions, Plus Double Stars and Corundum from Tajikistan Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES pg. 135 112 Dual-Color...Dual-Color Double Stars in Ruby, Sapphire, and Quartz: Cause and Historical Account Karl Schmetzer, Martin...software. 160 Rubies and Sapphires from Snezhnoe, Tajikistan Elena S. Sorokina, Andrey K. Litvinenko...Beryllium-diffused and lead glass–filled orange sapphire • LPHT-annealed pink CVD synthetic diamonds •
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Determination of the Geographic Origin of Ruby and Sapphire Using an Expanded Trace Element Suite Plus Sr–Pb...WolfgangHofmeister PetrogenesisoftheSnezhnoeRubyDeposit,CentralPamir Reprinted from: Minerals...Professor of Economic Geology at CODES (Centre of Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences), University of Tasmania, Hobart...Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia CODES—Centre of Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart...genesis. Not every aspect of ruby and known ruby deposit is referenced within the Special Issue contents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METASOMATIC ROCKS IN THE CENTRAL PAMIRS 153 China Tajikistan Afghanistan Jalan R. Gurumdy R. Ak-Baital R...complex (Shatput thermal anticline) hosts the Snezhnoe deposit, which is situated in the stripe of marble...of calcite. The rocks of this zone at the Snezhnoe deposit contain anorthite. The zones host small lenses...coexists with corundum, scapolite, and muscovite (Snezhnoe and Mramornyi Zub deposits). The mineral shows...Biotite from the corundum-bearing glimmerites (Snezhnoe deposit) occurs in assemblage with corundum and chlorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia CODES—Centre of Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart...genesis. Not every aspect of ruby and known ruby deposit is referenced within the Special Issue contents...mineral stability fields. Summary figures model ruby deposit genesis within lithospheric sections. One figure...a rare peraluminous ensemble in which ruby and sapphire associate with spinel and sapphirine in a highly... Studied samples came from three gem corundum deposit types. Amphibole-metamorphic ruby types included
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are...“Balas Ruby” for gems mined from the modern-day Tajikistan (spinel), and “Bohemian ruby” was used for gems...to product from the Mugloto Mugloto colluvial deposit, which provided clean and very high-quality red...red stones with typical sizes colluvial deposit, which provided clean and very high-quality red stones...Gems Inc.Photo: (Vancouver, BC, True Canada). deposit, southwest Greenland. Courtesy North Gems Inc.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of rutile inclusions within corundum (ruby and sapphire): new constraints on the formation of corundum...rocks, but its gem-quality varieties, ruby and sapphire, are rare. The highest-quality bright red corundums...marble Antarctica Thrust and shear zone Corundum deposit A 0 Fig. 1 Location of corundum deposits after...Geological cross section of a corundum 5 mC deposit in the Mangari area of Kenya modified after Austromineral...Vienna (1978). c Geological scheme of the ruby deposit of Morogoro (Tanzania) modified after Le Goff et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Morphological and chemical evolution of corundum (ruby and sapphire): Crystal ontogeny reconstructed by EMPA, LA-ICP-MS...Contents of Fe ~700 mg/g and Cr ~1200 mg/g in sapphire crystals from the Morogoro area of Tanzania caused...contact metamorphism. Keywords: Corundum, ruby, sapphire, ontogeny, evolution, genesis, geochemistry, crystal...crystallization of its transparent varieties, ruby and sapphire, only occurs in a few rock types depleted in silica...(Fig. 1). Our samples came from a marble-hosted deposit near Morogoro in Tanzania (two samples), the Gitonga
Journal (issue)
536 Geographic Origin Determination of Blue Sapphire Aaron C. Palke, Sudarat Saeseaw, Nathan D. Renfro...Shane F. McClure In some cases, the value of a sapphire depends strongly on its geographic origin. This...details the origin data GIA has collected for blue sapphire and describes its methodology for using the data...left: a 64.45 mm Sri Lankan sapphire crystal, a 24.34 ct Sri Lankan blue sapphire, two cuprian tourmalines...and 45.74 ct), a 16.65 mm pink-purple Sri Lankan sapphire crystal, a 10.90 ct Burmese ruby, and an 11.11
Journal (issue)
a collection of chrysoberyl samples from these sapphire placer deposits to determine their distinct mineralogical...identifying them. pg. 51 60 Variscite from Central Tajikistan: Preliminary Results Andrey K. Litvinenko, Elena...“footprint” in rose quartz • Display of phase changes in sapphire fluid inclusion • Iridescent inclusions in scapolite...collections • Wheel of Light pendant • GILC 2016 • Blue sapphire rush in Madagascar • Red cordierite from Madagascar...growth structures of chrysoberyl recovered from the sapphire placer deposits in New South Wales, Australia
 
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