 | | Report (issue) | | Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan Compiled by G.J. Orris1 and J.D. Bliss1 Open-File Report...APPENDIX A: Afghanistan Mines and Mineral Occurrences.. 11 TABLES Table 1. Provinces of Afghanistan ........more than 1000 mines and mineral occurrences in Afghanistan was compiled from published literature and the...PROCESSING, AND ACCURACY Data on more than 1000 Afghanistan deposits, mines, and occurrences were compiled...coal, and peat. Three previous compilations of Afghanistan mineral resources were the dominant sources used |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Alfred A. Levinson Emeralds of the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Gary Bowersox, Lawrence W Snee, Eugene...GEMOLOGY Spring 1991 2,600-My-old Witwatersrand conglomerate in South Africa. The presence of diamonds in...W i t h the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, villagers in the Pani& shir Valley are Lurning...onkerite veins. The gemological properties of Panjshir emeralds are consisrent with those o f emeralds...tourmaline and morganite, have been found i n Panjshir emeralds as well. Approximntely $1 0 million in |  | | Journal (issue) | | linked to Colombian origin. Yet emeralds from Afghanistan, China, and Zambia can display strikingly similar...Colombian origin. Nevertheless, emeralds from Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley), China (Davdar), and Zambia (Kafubu...China, Zambia (Schwarz and Pardieu, 2009), and Afghanistan (Hammarstrom, 1989; Bowersox et al., 1991). The...• Fifteen samples collected from Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley by author VP in 2011. Weight range: 0.18–1...had lower RI than the samples from Kafubu and Panjshir. The Musakashi emeralds displayed a particularly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Brick Kilns and Clay Quarrying in Kabul, Afghanistan Jessica D. DeWitt 1, * , Peter G. Chirico 1 ...Reconstruction and urban development in Kabul, Afghanistan, has prompted vast expansion of the clay quarrying...of Brick Kilns and Clay Quarrying in Kabul, Afghanistan. Minerals 2021, 11, 296. https:// Keywords:...quarrying; artisanal and small-scale mining; Kabul Afghanistan doi.org/10.3390/min11030296 Academic Editor:...creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). 1. Introduction Afghanistan is a developing nation transitioning towards |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paleoproterozoic basement of the Kabul Block, Afghanistan Stephen Collett & Shah Wali Faryad & Amir Mohammad...quantifiably Proterozoic rocks south of the Herat-Panjshir Suture Zone. The basement rocks crop-out extensively...Mines, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul, Afghanistan analyze envisaged Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic...metamorphic events in the Kabul Block. Introduction Afghanistan is composed of a complex collage of mostly Gondwanan... Collett S. et al. Fig. 1 Tectonic outline of Afghanistan according to Boulin (1991), Leven (1997) and |  | | Report (chapter) | | structural, magmatic and geochronologic data from Afghanistan and western Pakistan suggests that collision...the third, during the Pliocene, involved India-Afghanistan collision. During the Eocene and Miocene, the...Indian Plate moved northward with respect to Afghanistan, some of the wedge of clastic sediments deposited...prior to initiation of India-Asia collision. Afghanistan lies at the western end of the Himalayan orogenic...the Indus Tsangpo suture outcrops in eastern Afghanistan, with Indian Plate rocks outcropping in the southeastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | and increased awareness of the green gem from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the major miners, including...Russia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Image 8) were the main world emerald producers...Pakistan: 38: Khaltaro; 39. Swat valley. Afghanistan: 40. Panjshir valley. Russia: 41. Urals (Malyshevo)...business. Today, The Muzo Companies Colombia is a conglomerate of six companies involved in the entire Mine-to-Market...grade Colombian goods. With rough from Panjshir (Afghanistan) and Swat (Pakistan) available only in limited |  | | Book (volume) | | Agate Ae OF CENTRAL BADAKHSHAN (NORTH-EAST AFGHANISTAN) and Surrounding ARDITO Countries DESIO ...results of the 1961 expedition to North-eastern Afghanistan are contained in the present volume which was...am also indebted to the Italian Ambassador in Afghanistan H. E. Folco Trabalza for his kind hospitality...«© «© «% & “& & © & @ Z.2. Shingan Conglomerate . «. « « « «© » * «© # & » 51 ...L NOTES ON SOME CRETACEOUS-EOCENE SECTIONS AFGHANISTAN (M. B. Cita & I. PREMOLT SILVA) IN NorTH-EASTERN |  | | Journal (issue) | | shows significant overlap with those from Panjshir, Afghanistan. The Journal of Gemmology, 37(4), 2020,...Xinjiang near China’s borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan (Figure 2). The workings are located...Tajikistan 37º20'52.48" N 75º25'42.56" E Davdar Afghanistan Pakistan 0 100 km Figure 2: The Davdar emerald...map of China), near the borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. THE JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY, 37(4)...the vicinity of China’s borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Guimin Wong currently sells Davdar |  | | Report (issue) | | crosses northern Afghanistan and follows the Kunlun in northern Tibet. Between Afghanistan and Tibet it is...surrounding re¬ gions, based on the Geological Map of Afghanistan (1977), the Geological map of the Tadjik SSR...around the Pamir, from the northern Hindu Kush in Afghanistan, through the northern Pamir, and then across...retrocharriage (Pospelov and Sigachev, 1987). Conglomerate and limestone of Moscovian (late Carboniferous)...traced from the Northern Pamir through northern Afghanistan and to the northern edge of the western Hindu |  | | Journal (issue) | | and some associated minerals from Pakistan and Afghanistan: An electron microprobe study. In A . H. Kazmi...Tino Hammid. of a sandy b o ~ ~ l d ebed r (conglomerate band or concrete) wit11 ail underlying water-retentive...claystone lcnown locally as kopi. The clays of the conglomerate band were deposited in a shallow sea during...Emplacement of Diamonds Emeralds of Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Some issues from the 1983, 1984, and...translucent but makes Gem News Amethyst from Afghanistan. Amethyst has one of the widest distributions |  | | Book | | 1, 1911 (price 2 Rs.) : Geology of Northern Afghanistan. Pt. 2, 1913 (out of print) (price 3 Rs.) : Geolo...Rs. 12 As. Upper Carboniferous Fossile from Afghanistan : Vol. XIX (1931), pp. 39, ph. 4, by F. R. C...country of Luni Pathans, eouth-east corner of Afghanistan. Progress of geological investigation in Godavari...in Chettisgarh coal-fields. Field-note from Afghanistan : No. 3, Turbistan. Fiery eruption from one of...nt).--4nnual report for 1886. Field-notes from Afghanistan : No. 4, from Turkijtan t o India. Physical geology |  | | Journal (issue) | | central and southern Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, and China), and Australia...sources that they once were. Deposits in Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley) and Pakistan (Swat Valley) produced...The ruby occurrences in Malawi, Russia, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China have had little commercial...Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Kenya. Afghanistan continued to yield “pastel” pink and green stones...Shigley et al. (1990) for significant opening of Afghanistan, the former Soviet Union, and China have not |  | | Journal (issue) | | Benitoite mine sold • Emeralds from Laghman, Afghanistan • Emeralds from Piteiras, Brazil • Educational...Tannous. Emeralds from Laghman, Afghanistan. For many years, Afghanistan has supplied modest amounts of...the Panjshir Valley (see, e.g., G. Bowersox et al., “Emeralds of the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan,” Spring...pegmatite, rather than in hydrothermal veins as in the Panjshir Valley. At Korgun, about 4–5 kg of smaller crystals...quantities of gem tourmaline have been produced in Afghanistan, but thus far neighboring Pakistan has yielded |  | | Journal (issue) | | Emplacement of Diamonds Emeralds of Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Summer 1991 Fracture Filling ol Emeralds:...names for roclzs (such as basalt, granite, or conglomerate), because such names imply that we know the...Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN By Gary W. Bowersox and Bonita E. Chamberlin...the producer of the world's best lapis lazuli, Afghanistan has recently emerged as a premier locality for...spinel was mined in the far northeastern comer of Afghanistan, but there has been no recent production. This |  | | Journal (issue) | | gemstones, and from historical gemmology in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka or the UK to the criteria for distinguishing...stones were taken from a hard black ironcemented conglomerate, which was found in layers a few inches thick...d u m deposits in M y a n m a r , Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tanzania are similar. In the system corundum...peridot hitherto attributed to China and to Afghanistan may come from this site in Pakistan. Colourless...some idea of the text size. MOT). Gemstones of Afghanistan. G.W. BOWERSOX AND B. CHAMBERLIN, 1995. Geoscience |  | | Report (volume) | | & TRELOAR, P.J. Introduction Karakoram and Afghanistan Caporatt, A. Recent gravity measurements in...encompassing the geology of the Karakoram and Afghanistan; Kohistan and the internal zones of the Indian...Izatt provide a synthesis of the tectonics of Afghanistan and western Pakistan. They argue that two phases...collision between India with Karakoram and Afghanistan geology three papers include data derived from...other from Skardu However, of India and Afghanistan did not occur until the Pliocene, a conclusion |  | | Book | | Mountains. 3. Geology--Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan Mountains. (Harsh K.), and Pakistan) I. Delany...Iran Over of the Kk. S. of Observations Afghanistan Tectonics Tectonics and Geodynamics Project...along arranged was sion regional extending Afghanistan the in and from local Iran (Abdulla),...on are of Gansser. by reviewed istry Afghanistan of maps the In Crawford isotopic dating... The Central Iranian province joins Central Afghanistan in the east. 7 - Postulated Upper Cretaceous |  | | Journal (issue) | | market • Moroccan amethyst • Emerald dealing in Afghanistan • Montana sapphire production • Magnesio-axinite...in a sort of matrix to be sure, this being a conglomerate of well-rounded pebbles cemented together with...Covering sediments Diamictite (diamond-bearing?) Conglomerate (diamond-bearing) Phyllite Kimberlite intrusion...sediments. The classic example of a diamond-bearing conglomerate is the Romaria mine (figure 17), located in...water-worn potholes formed in the river bed. The conglomerate specimen on the right, called the “Madonna” |  | | Book (volume) | | Bengal—Lohardaga; Sambalpur, Kajpntana. Extra-Peninsular—Afghanistan; North-West Provinces; Darjiling; Burn®. mber...arc only known certainly to occur in siIn in a conglomerate which is referred to the Rewah group. There...o f the Karnul series, is itself a detrital conglomerate, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that...gal leries there are bedt of coarse ■pebbly conglomerate, occasionally a breccia, which are sandy and...turned out to he an easily broken-up damp, clayey conglomerate, and partly brecciated, o f small rounded fragments |  | | Journal (issue) | | Australian Diamond Conferences • Gem resources of Afghanistan • Update on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from...the tremendous potential of gem deposits in Afghanistan. By one estimate, gem mining could bring as much...secondary—as jadeite pebbles and boulders in conglomerate. The primary deposits are mined using conventional...resources of Afghanistan. If wars and tribal conflicts were not tearing the country apart, Afghanistan could...issue of G&G (“A Status Report on Gemstones from Afghanistan,” pp. 192–204), most of the country’s gem deposits |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1980s, and a license was purchased by a private conglomerate (TOO "Grani") from the Chelyabinsk region. A...Emplacement of Diamonds Emeralds of Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Summer 1991 Fracture Filling of Emeralds:...(alongwith De Beers]include RTZCRA, a British conglomerate and now the world's largest mining company;...nomenclature, and differences between the classic Afghanistan deposit and its Chilean counterpart, JEC Chad: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Brazil, Russia, Zambia, Zimbabwe-Sandawana, Afghanistan and India) crystalline inclusions are more frequent...classifies as either a pebbly turbidite or fine conglomerate. Composition The most striking feature of 'haggis...environment. It is an unusual pebbly turbidite or fine conglomerate that crops out prominently in the Peebles district...come from the Urals or from the general area of Afghanistan. The book describes these items not only in captions...Aerinite: inclusions in blue quartz, 545 Afghanistan: Panjshir valley, 269 Agate: (see also Chalcedony |  | | Journal (issue) | | firm until 1999, when it was sold to fashion conglomerate Richemont. Today, Van Cleef & Arpels is strategically...lines: Virgem da Lapa, Brazil; Darra-iPech, Afghanistan; and Alabashka, Russia. Much larger veins— such...Mount Mica (Maine) in the United States, Mawi in Afghanistan, Urucum and Morro Redondo in Brazil, Mokrusha... and Sandawana (Zimbabwe) sources from Panjshir (Afghanistan), Itabira–Nova Era (Brazil), Cordillera...in recent years, with diminished output from Afghanistan, Australia, China, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal |  | | Book (edition) | | material such as the lapis lazuli in northern Afghanistan. Such processes can equally be considered as...in coarsely crystalline marble from Jegdalek, Afghanistan. Marble specimen 6 cm across the marbles of...(formerly known as Burma) and of Jegdalek in Afghanistan (Figure 1.20). Both of these marbles belong to...marble is the lapis lazuli at Badakhshan in Afghanistan (Figure 1.21). Figure 1.21 Thin section of lapis...assemblage is similar to that at Badakhshan, Afghanistan 22 Rocks and the Processes That Formed Them |
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