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Turquoise from
Turquoise mine, Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view Turquoise mine, Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:662054
Long-form Identifier:1:3:662054:7
GUID (UUID V4):58b59e12-20b0-407d-8e69-79984a12618f
References
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intrusion-related gold deposit, Semnan province, north central Iran Shojaeddin Niroomand, Jamshid Hassanzadeh...intrusion-related gold deposit, Semnan province, north central Iran, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi:...intrusion-related gold deposit, Semnan province, north central Iran Shojaeddin Niroomand a,* , Jamshid...Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran 14155-64155, Iran Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California...Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran d Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences
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the Neotethyan Torud‐Chah Shirin segment, Northern Iran | David R. Lentz2 Shojaeddin Niroomand1 Jamshid...College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2 The Baghu gold deposit, hosted by a granitoid...Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada located in Northern Iran. The igneous rocks consist of granodiorite and granite...Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran 4 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417614411, Iran. Email: niroomand@ut.ac.ir Funding information NSERC
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study of turquoise from Iran TURQUOISE from the classical localities of Nishapur and Damghan, in north-east...north-east Iran, has been mined for centuries, and is one of the best for colour (Sinkankas, I966), but has...with variscite or other aluminium phosphate. The turquoise from both localities (which are 500 K m apart)...effects. TABLE I. Chemical analysis of Iranian turquoise I 2 3 4 5 CuO A1203 6"36 37"4~ 7'6o 36"o4...36"26 33"56 3318 9"78 37"6o -34"9o 3. Damghan, sky-blue 4. Damghan, apple-green H~O I8"1I I7'88 19"28
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Trelavour, biotite, 79 WALES (Cymru) Nantycagal mine, Ceulanywaesmawr, Cardiganshire, wroewolfeite, I...(Italia) Capo Pula, Sardinia, barrerite, 2o8 Cassagna mine, Eastern Liguria, volborthite, 794 Colle Ciabonet...Hero, Qala-Diza, iraqite, 441 Iran Damghan, turquoise, 640 Nishapur, turquoise, 64o Israel et-Tabun cave... 42I Bessi, Shikoku, muscovite-3T, 2o2 Chichibu mine, Saitama Prefecture, xanthophyllite, 42t Iratsu...lepidomelane, 239 Oashi mine, Tochigi Prefecture, helvine, 627 Shinkiura mine, Oita Prefecture, margarite
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systems of the Torud–Chah Shirin district, northern Iran: ore-fluid evolution and geodynamic setting Ebrahim...systems of the Torud–Chah Shirin district, northern Iran: ore-fluid evolution and geodynamic setting, Ore...systems of the Torud–Chah Shirin district, northern Iran: orefluid evolution and geodynamic setting Ebrahim...Faculty of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran 2 Department of Geochemistry, Faculty of Earth...Earth sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran *corresponding author: Ebrahim Tale Fazel E-mail: tale
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Splendor mining crafts and archaeology in ancient Iran Editors: T. Stollner, R. Slotta, and A. Vatandoust...                Iran - General Part ...Abdolrasool Vatandoust Old Mining and Metallurgy in Iran – Past and Future of a Research Perspective. 2...Morteza Momenzadeh Metallic mineral resources of Iran, mined in ancient times. A brief review (contributed...Archaeological Research in Iran. 22 04 Vincent Pigott On the Importance of Iran in the Study of Prehistoric
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81(6), pp. 1405–1429 Compositional variation of turquoise-group minerals from the historical collection...Associate Editor: G. Diego Gatta] ABSTR ACT Five turquoise samples, belonging to the XVII century historical...Montebras Creuse (France) and Nishapur (Khorassan, Iran) and display different mineralogical compositions...presence of: (1) four minerals of the turquoise group: turquoise, faustite, chalcosiderite and planerite;...trace-element concentrations. K E Y WO R D S : turquoise-group minerals, alteration, electron microprobe
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Antigorite, infra-red spectra, I97 Aorangi gold mine, Nelson, South Island, New Zeaiatul, cymrite, 31... 263 922 ALPHABETICAL Bambollita mine (-~- La Oriental mine), Moctezama, Sonora, Mexico, carlfriesite...A.), see JAVAWARDENA(D. E. de S.), 54I Cassagna mine, Liguria, Italy, volborthite, 794 Cassiteritc, Bohemia...smithsonite from Broken Hill, N.S.W., 3o7 Chichibu mine, Saitama prefecture, Japan, xanthophyIlite, 42 I...Wales, anal., X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination
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Geology Mansour Ghorbani The Economic Geology of Iran Mineral Deposits and Natural Resources https://telegram...me/Geologybooks Mansour Ghorbani The Economic Geology of Iran Mineral Deposits and Natural Resources https://telegram...of Geoscience Shahid Beheshti University Tehran, Iran ISBN 978-94-007-5624-3 ISBN 978-94-007-5625-0 (eBook)...Mineral exploration, extraction and production in Iran dates back to about 4000 B.C. Ever since not only...among many foreigners, the common belief is that Iran is undiscovered and untouched in terms of exploration
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3749/canmin.1900004 ELECTRON MICROPROBE STUDY OF TURQUOISE-GROUP SOLID SOLUTIONS IN THE NEYSHABOUR AND MEYDOOK...MEYDOOK MINES, NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN IRAN ELAHE MANSOURI GANDOMANI AND NEMATOLLAH RASHIDNEJAD-OMRAN§...University, Nasr Bridge, Jalal Ale-Ahmad Highway, Tehran, Iran AMIR EMAMJOMEH Department of Earth Science, Faculty...of Tabriz, Tabriz, 29 Bahman Boulevard, Tabriz, Iran PIETRO VIGNOLA CNR-Institute of Environmental Geology...Hwy, Tehran, Iran ABSTRACT Turquoise, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)84H2O, belongs to the turquoise group, which consists
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the 900 foot level at the extreme north end of the mine." This detailed knowledge on many specimens has...intermediate zone Black Mt. quarry 1974 Rumford, Oxford County, Maine 523 This detailed information might be...valuable information is forever lost. THE TURQUOISE OF IRAN By HASHEM FAYAZ and ABDOL-HOSSEIN FORGHANI...Teheran, Iran The turquoise mine of Neishabur, Iran, is the most important turquoise mine in the world...Khorassan Province, Northeast Iran. The mine has an old history dating back 1000 years. Turquoise from the
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valuable information is forever lost. THE TURQUOISE OF IRAN By HASHEM FAYAZ and ABDOL-HOSSEIN FORGHANI...Teheran, Iran The turquoise mine of Neishabur, Iran, is the most important turquoise mine in the world...Khorassan Province, Northeast Iran. The mine has an old history dating back 1000 years. Turquoise from the... waxy or pearly when it is polished. In Iran, the turquoise used in jewelry, is classified into three...most precious. After cutting and polishing the turquoise is used in necklaces, bracelets, watchbands, and
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Ceramic Age Field Report from Iran’s Largest Turquoise Mine Fall 2021 VOLUME 57, No. 3 EDITORIAL 185...Sudoite in Ceramic-Age Caribbean Jewelry, Persian Turquoise Field Report, and More Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES...chromium and cobalt. FIELD REPORTS 240 Persian Turquoise: The Ancient Treasure of Neyshabur Bahareh Shirdam...of mining and production at Iran’s largest turquoise mine. p. 247 REGULAR FEATURES 238 258 p. 264 ...publisher. About the Cover The Neyshabur turquoise mine in Iran is the subject of an in-depth field report
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it seems desirable to outline briefly where the province of Parthia lay, before it rose from obscurity...Elburz to the ancient world, until it reached the province of Hyrcania, which was the belt of country on...route ran from Meshed north-west to the famous turquoise mines and so north to Bujnurd. From that Kurdish...ancient if deleterious habit, as Ibn Hawkal mentions a mine of the clay between Kain and Nishapur.* From Seiid&bad...pays no revenue, we marched west towards the turquoise mines. The district for some miles was inhabited
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2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................................by P. M. Adams Atacamite from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia .........................COVER: ATACAMITE, 10.5 cm, from the New Cornwall mine, Kadina, South Australia. Collection of (and photo...break to collect minerals at the famous Red Cloud mine. Everyone had fun on the trip, and Graham found...after three semesters to pursue an opportunity to mine placer gold near Quartzsite. He also bought and
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The Turquoise of Iran. Oct., p. 526. Fisher, Henry L . Some Sulfate Minerals of Meigs County, Ohio...July-Aug., p. 416. Forghani, Abdol-Hossein. The Turquoise of Iran. Oct., p. 526. Gay, Marva. Kentucky Controls.... Broughton. May, p. 289. Pulliam, Jenny. Strip Mine Site Becomes Collecting in British Columbia. Paul...Anthony Dunn. Sept., Sept., p. 474. Virginian Turquoise p. 469. Crystals, Mar., p. 176. Georgia— A ncient...July-Aug., p. 423 Part IV. June, p. 366. Iran— 77ie Turquoise of Iran. Hashem Smith, Mary Beth. Ancient History
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collected probably in I.he I 920"s from the Keeley Mine. South Loraine Township. Ontario. Canada purchased...Szenics from the San Francisco mine, Sien-a Gorda, Antofagasta Province. Chile. The mineral forms a yellow...and Taltal in the Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Province, Chile. An excellent contribution to the mineralogy...author for analysis from the La Blanco mine, Freirina, Atacama Province. Chile. This is a new mineral for...a new find at the 1st level. Janska vein. Prokop mine. Pribram. Central Bohemia. Czech Republic. This
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1, January 1998 ISSN: 1355-4565 Turquoise from Hubei Province, China Qi Lijian, FGA, DGA, Yan Weixuan...R. China ABSTRACT: The turquoise deposit in Yunyang district, Hubei Province, China, is characterized...host rocks favourable for the formation of the turquoise are relatively rich in silica, copper and phosphorus...water movement. The colouring mechanism of the turquoise results from a combination of [Cu (H20)4]2+, Fe3+...H 2 0 limit directly the colour of the turquoise. The turquoise deposit can be considered as having been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reexamination of the turquoise group: the mineral aheylite, planerite (redefined), turquoise and coeruleolactite...Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA The turquoise group has the general formula: Ao_IB6(PO4)4_x(PO3OH)x(OH)8"4H20...- 2 , and consists of six members: planerite, turquoise, faustite, aheylite, chalcosiderite and an unnamed...15 pure samples of microcrystalline planerite, turquoise, and aheylite show that a maximum of two of the...Complete solid solution exists between planerite and turquoise. Other members of the group show variable A-site
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Arhbar Mine in view of the association with the wendwilsonlte which was confined to this mine and is...old label indicated the locality only as Sonoma County, California. However in view of it's association...the Morococala tin mine, two hours drive east of the city of Oruro, Bolivia. This mine became famous in...know that George Gerhold and Anthony Kampf (LA County Museum) are preparing a CD-ROM of mineral data...a shopping mall, but that's exactly where the Turquoise Museum is located. Only a block from the historic
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The Changma Diamond District, Mengyin, Shandong Province, China Peter C. Keller a n d W a n g F u q u...AND NEW TECHNIQUES 35 A Gemological Study of Turquoise in China 38 The Gemological Characteristics...FEATURES 41 The Sapphires of Mingxi, Fujian Province, China Alice s. Keller and Peter C. Keller 46...being mined in economic quantities in China, turquoise and peridot, are provided by Dr. Wang and by John...peridot are crirrently being exploited from Hebei Province. Lastly, turqrloise rivaling the finest Persian
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No. 3 / 2022 Emerald from Chitral, Pakistan Turquoise from Xinjiang, China Emerald Jewels from St Peter’s...Botcharnikov 254 Gemmological Characteristics of Turquoise from Hami, Xinjiang, China By Yanhan Wu, Quanli...Fluorescence | New Finds at the Tourmaline King Mine, Pala, California, USA | A New Amber Imitation:...Eckermannite revised: The new holotype from the jade mine tract, Myanmar—Crystal structure, mineral data,...2010. Play-ofcolor opal from Wegel Tena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia. Gems & Gemology, 46(2), 90–105, https://doi
Report (issue)
Turquoise CuAl6 (PO4 )4 (OH)8 • 4H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...series, with chalcosiderite, and with planerite. Turquoise group. Occurrence: A secondary mineral formed...mentioned, for commercial amounts or good crystals. In Iran, at Ma’dan, 45 km northwest of Neyshabur (Nishapur)...From Ottré, near Vielsalm, Belgium. At the Bunny mine, St. Austell, and elsewhere in Cornwall, England...Katonto, north of Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire), good crystals. In the USA
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Pale-blue turquois; Gove Turquois mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix;...Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev...Azure mine, Burro Mountains, N. Mex. Fic. . Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral...Myers and Bona Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet...student at Yale University; Los Angeles Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Fi. Fic. Fic. Fic. ia
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0-8117-1803-4 Crafting Turquoise Jewelry Bob Powers and Marc Barasch Turquoise and jewelry have shared...jewelry by many cultures, and as the popularity of turquoise and silver jewelry has skyrocketed in recent years...in this rewarding art form. And now, CRAFTING TURQUOISE JEWELRY puts the techniques used for centuries...jewelry. Too often coverage on how to create turquoise jewelry is devoted to a superficial treatment...detail on the whole process of turquoise jewelry making ... • Where turquoise stones are found and how to
 
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