 | | 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.......Parun Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......Pegmatite Field ............................656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia) and Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) (TABLE 2). Crystals “frozen” in massive...(Zimbabwe, 25.67 ct), green elbaite tourmaline (Afghanistan, 12.33 ct), red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil...California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g), beryl (Heliodor, Ukraine, 303 g, 14...(Kievlenko 2003; Lyckberg et al. 2009). Pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan produce exceptionally fi ne gem...Tourmaline group (elbaite, liddicoatite, rossmanite) 4 Achroite 3 Canary Indicolite Paraiba Rubellite Verdelite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | color Probable tourmaline species (b) Colorless Achroite No or minor chromophores Elbaite, “fluor-elbaite...to green), indicolite (blue-green to blue), and achroite (colorless) (Zang and da Fonseca-Zang 2002). However... (1) Russia Mursinka (1) Afghanistan Nuristan Province Kunar Province ♦ ♦ (2) Myanmar (3)...located in Brazil, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. Demand for this attractive gemstone will continue |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tourmalines Achroitc (to Palest Pink) Konar. Afghanistan PY N gemmy cry,1a l San Picro di Campo. ilaly...BW N Arassuai Peg. MG. Brazil Nuris tan . Afghanistan N N ;,Capclinha". MG. Brazil N N Sao Jose...ink to Rosy) Paproc k. Afgha111stan Paproc k, Afghanistan (4) P<.:ch. Afghan istan Kiwi T rong Deposit...Tourmalines (Combinations Termination to Attachment) Achroite/Pink Himalaya. Pala. California NIN NIN NIN...Chamachu . Pckistan YIN NIN Mawi. Laghman. Afghanistan Konar. Afgh,mistan FWIN PCY/ PCY gcmmy sing |  | | Catalog/List | | sharp brown xtls,plus a little; grey asicular Achroite. Specimen 'A'. 2x1-jxx", £5.00. 'B'. Smaller,less>...£45.00. lixlxi", £1.00. -6- 62. CASSITERITE/ACHROITE. Harriet Lode.Wh.Pendarves.Camborne.Cornwall....and untwinned xtls inter spersed with asicular Achroite and white prismatic-Quartz. 2^x1x1^",£14.00. ...£15-00. 114. ELBAITE. Laghman Province,Nuristan,Afghanistan. Doubly terminated gemmy prism with bright-green...Albites. 1x£x£", £80.00. ELBAITE. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. .Afghanistan. Gemmy terminated,tri-chroic.striated |  | | Catalog/List | | section)Ex Hoylier Collection. 5x5x2^", £7-00. 8. ACHROITE(Var:Tourmaline). Lubetovia,C.S.S.R. mass. 3x2xi"... £27-00. 47. BERYL(Var:Aquamarine). Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. Gemmy,terminated,very pale (ix-J" in...£10.00. •C'. 1xM"- £3-00. 153. EPIDOTE/SPHENE. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. Very interesting and attractive |  | | Journal (issue) | | Obodda Fine Mineral Specimens Specializing in Afghanistan minerals Kunzite, Tourmaline, Beryl, A patite...few years from the pegmatite fields in eastern Afghanistan. In the region of Nuristan, the pegmatites appear...Cedex 05, France INTRODUCTION Until recently, Afghanistan was principally renowned in the world of the...the Figure 1. Alingar Canyon near Nuristan, Afghanistan. The Mineralogical Record, September — October...west, and Kunar to the east, bordering the Pakistani province of Chitral. The pegmatites of Kunar supply |  | | 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...(variety) names were assigned, only one new name, achroite (1845), was introduced, though it too was generally...blue - indicolite, green - verdelite, colorless - achroite A 32.8 cm tall elbaite specimen with associated...associated quartz and albite from Pech, Afghanistan. Bruce Oreck collection; Jeff Scovil photograph and Paraiba |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Elbaite. Compared to the output of place such as Afghanistan or Brazil, the production from Elba is relatively...The general geology follows the same format as Afghanistan (q.v.) and to some degree – China. This is because...online, visit HA.com/6150 AFGHANISTAN 73225 ELBAITE Laghman Province, Afghanistan Here is a single doubly-terminated...211 73226 ELBAITE & QUARTZ Laghman Province, Afghanistan This specimen consists of a single turquoise...Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan This specimen consists of a single Indicolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | East (including localities in Burma, Pakistan Afghanistan, Vietnam, Tanzania and others). After his first...crystals within or on matrix) from Mogok, Pakistan, Afghanistan and East Asia, as well as the rare natural “melo...of Asia” (a 40-cm pink elbaite from Paprok, Afghanistan, the largest ever found there; it was pictured...article on the “Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan” in The Mineralogical Record, September–October...of elbaite from the Mogok Stone Tract include achroite (colorless), yellow to orange-yellow, verdelite |  | | 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 • Properties:...L'SA: also from Viitaniemi, Finland and Paprok, Afghanistan. Adamite. 52 mm. Mapimi, Mexico Lithiophosphate |  | | Journal (issue) | | al.) Achroite, Brazil, 282 Adamas Advantage Gem Identification Kit, 1.2e, a review, 219 Afghanistan: —Jegdalek...district new gems, 59 —Nuristan, Paprock, 497 —Pech, Kunar, zoned elbaite, 150 African diamond sources, 230...properties, 87 —gift to GAGTL, 570 —golden; Afghanistan, 59; colour fading, 108 —green, from central...Cliffs, 497 Rubellite (see Tourmaline) Ruby: —Afghanistan, 361 —Australia, 363 —cathodoluminescence, 299...Entwicklungen der Kristallmodelle, 61 Tourmaline: —Afghanistan, 59, 497 —Australia, 364 —Brazil, 263, alluvial |  | | Journal (issue) | | stone was purchased in Madagascar as colorless “achroite” tourmaline. Quantitative analysis showed the...color) on lepidolite, 6.1 cm wide, from Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan. François Lietard specimen; Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Book | | Badakhscan, 5 by 5 cm. Sorbonne collection Afghanistan rocks with no direct relationship to intrusions;...beauty, and so the commercial Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan containing pyrite inclusions. 28 Length. 8...cuneiforms and hieroglyphs. It is the art of Persia, Afghanistan, India, the Caucasus, Ethiopia, and the coast...1.620, 1.633, and 1.643; excellent cleavage. Afghanistan produces some beautiful crystals. AGATE Chalcedony...Museum. In Asia aquamarine is found in Afghanistan (the Kunar valley, Pech valley, and Laghman valley |  | | Book (volume) | | world's best and superior to any from Madagascar, Afghanistan, Russia, or Brazil. Certainly, only the best...assaying $500 to the ton." No specimens known. achroite =colorless tourmaline, usually elbaite (q.v.)...morganite crystals from Cerro de Urucum; Kunar, Afghanistan; Pala, California; and Hunan, China are generally...been found at Paroc near Pachigram, Kunar, Nuristan, Afghanistan and resemble Dunton quarry, Newry masses...intermediate between schorl and elbaite/olenite.) Achroite is supposed to be absolutely colorless without |  | | Book (edition) | | di~t.. Mendoza prov.,Argentina. NJbMM 279, 1972. Achroite ➔ a colorless variety of elbaite or rossmanite...Jalalabad, at Nilaw, at Mawi, all Laghman prov., Afghanistan, and at the Hyakule mine, SankhuwaSabha dist...morganite with verdelite, x 50 mm, Laghman prov., Afghanistan, G blue aquamarine crystals and larger green-blue...North West Frontier prov., at Panjsher Valley, Afghanistan, and at Rajgarh and other mines at Radjasthan...large gemmy crystals to 11 cm from Paprok. Kunar proY.. Afghanistan. from yet Bruk, Braldu Vallev. E of Dassu |  | | Book | | Gem Beryl Color, 327 Immersion Fluids for Afghanistan, Inspecting Algeria, 328 Rough, Inclusions...distance smaragdus aquamarines, among whose Afghanistan, by been found of ever “alluding the blue...ditto, the whole estimated to [ca. 300 cts].” Afghanistan. annexed to the rest of India. was Among them...tourmaline; colorless, colored sources which AFGHANISTAN of arranged alphabetically the detail has...the in plutonic archeo- iand NE early many Kunar centuries All tourmalines of emerald, the |  | 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 Nala...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 |
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