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Cleavelandite from
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan


Locality type:Pegmatite Field
Classification
Species:Albite var: Cleavelandite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Elbaiteⓘ82 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Lepidoliteⓘ33 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ24 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ13 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Microlite Groupⓘ12 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Microlite Group at this locality.
Morganiteⓘ10 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Morganite at this locality.
Microclineⓘ10 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Kunziteⓘ7 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Kunzite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ6 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ6 photos of Cleavelandite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cleavelandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:700606
Long-form Identifier:1:3:700606:7
GUID (UUID V4):13598ad8-c406-4fb2-bf90-f30888a5b5b0
Nearest other occurrences of Cleavelandite
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘWozgul pegmatites, Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘPashki pegmatites, Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘKantiwa pegmatite field, Parun District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘAranas pegmatites, Parun pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
60.6km (37.6 miles) ⓘNangalam pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
65.9km (40.9 miles) ⓘDara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘKolum pegmatites, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘNilaw pegmatites, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan
85.5km (53.1 miles) ⓘKorgal pegmatite field, Nurgaram District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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.......and General Mineralogy ......................614 Nuristan Province........................................Pegmatite.................................. 631 Paprok Pegmatites................................ 633...Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas
Catalog/List
Pink Fluorite on Muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 9 cm tall x 7 cm wide...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm... Tourmaline in Pollucite, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan 16.5 cm tall x 14 cm wide ...cm tall x 26.8 cm wide 43 TOURMALINE The Nuristan Mountains, a region once conquered in the 4th...finest. This tourmaline sits within pure white cleavelandite and next to a light smoky quartz crystal. The
Journal (issue)
ELBAITE with smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collector’s Edge...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......General Mineralogy ........................614 Nuristan Province .......................................Pegmatite .....................................631 Paprok Pegmatites ..................................633...www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
Catalog/List
Smoky Quartz and Cleavelandite Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan 10.2 cm tall x 20...the crystals are hills of bladed snow white cleavelandite. The flat planes of the smoky quartz reflect...Rainbow Mountains hail from the perilous cliffs of Afghanistan. Its birth place, the Hindu Kush Mountains, is... Triton Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz with Cleavelandite Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky...crystals protruding from sky-blue blades of cleavelandite and citrine quartz has only been recently revealed
Journal (issue)
from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂŠque mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...me deeper into the hobby. Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection;
Report (issue)
sold Herb Obodda collection of Pakistan and Afghanistan minerals). Jeff’s new, thumbnail-size quartz...Elbaite with albite, 6.5 cm, from Stak Nala, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Your Mineral Collection...two large pegmatite pockets at Stak Nala, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan (Gilgit-Baltistan is the province...development worldwide at the McDermitt mine, Opalite district, Humboldt County, Nevada. The yellow (and photosensitive)...Kleinite, 5.6 cm, from the McDermitt mine, Opalite district, Humboldt County, Nevada. Wright’s Rock Shop specimen
Journal (issue)
on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ...terminated crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to...the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend district, Reynolds County, Missouri. Roberto Appiani photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be traced to large gold deposits found in the district. The successful development of the project required...December 2014 Figure 13 (top left). Elbaite with cleavelandite and lepidolite, 13 cm across, from the Cruzeiro...(lower left). Elbaite, 15 cm tall, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Figure 16 (above). Scheelite and beryl
Journal (issue)
collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from
Journal (issue)
January-February, 2009 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION cleavelandite albite/ 14.5 cm, PaprJJtNuristan, Afgha ¡stan...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...visibility that HAMS has enjoyed. Spessartine with cleavelandite (albite) and quartz, 9 cm, Navegadora mine,...stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang Kuang mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve
Journal (issue)
scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo...and feldspar, 10 cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Don and Laura Aaron...Sodalite (hackmanite), 16 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. Below: Under longwave ultraviolet light. Joe...18.5 cm, from the Frazer's Hush mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Durham, England. Right: Under longwave
Journal (issue)
the partners of the famous tourmalines from Afghanistan, with pastel pink and green colors, and the pocket...the Pederneira Mine: K-feldspar, albite var. cleavelandite, quartz and lepidolite. The quartz crystals...elongated crystals approaching 2.5 cm; and the cleavelandite occurs as beautiful snow-white groups of well-crystallized...Menzes photo. men from this pocket with a cleavelandite matrix (see on one of the photos with specimen...antilogous pole) resembles the crystals from Afghanistan that gave the pocket its name. They have relatively
Journal (issue)
shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals found there...similar materials from the same pocket, such as cleavelandite and mica. For any potentially great but seriously... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April....January-February 2007 Topaz Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Mardon District, Pakistan 6.4 cm; Bright pink topaz may well be
Journal (issue)
elbaite contrasting with clear or white quartz or cleavelandite. The complex conditions required to create elbaite...of eastern San Diego County, CA. In the mining district around Pala, CA, and specifically at the Stewart...crystal—the first reported bicolor elbaite from the Pala District. Apparently, 1915 was a major year for exhibitions...jewelry, of course. The pegmatites in the Pala District are zoned. Open areas, called pockets, gave crystals...Mines are among the notable historic mines in this district. Mining at the Tourmaline King, Tourmaline Queen
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Catalog/List
72002 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality... 72004 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic...72005 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold...72006 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat... 72011 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA There is
Book (volume)
Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Report Series Published by BGS 2008 Ministry of Mines and Industries...Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Editors in chief SH Abdullah, V. M. Chmyriov Executive editor V. I...chief). 2008. Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan. 2 Volumes. British Geological Survey Occasional
Journal (issue)
stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This... Farne Museum in Leadville, the Cripple Creek District Museum, and the Western Museum of Mining and Industry...list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results for gold and...Cerussite, 8.3 cm, from the Flux mine, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Jeff Scovil photo...barite, 5.4 cm, from the Okorusu mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite, 7 cm,
Journal (issue)
Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...Cavities in Pegrnatites • Robert F. Martin - Cleavelandite: Only Crystals Small and Beautiful • Myles Felch...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...in the United States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique
Journal (issue)
mineral localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . ...Mineral Localities: The Sapo Mine Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Menezes...until eight years ago, Goiabeira was merely a district of Conselehiro Pena, but in a referendum the population...municĂ­pio. Meanwhile, residents in the Ferruginha district, located 10 km north of the Sapo mine, voted to...fluorite) Divino das Laranjeiras Area (17) Linopolis district mines (quartz, elbaite, phosphates) (18) TelĂ­rio
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...graduated Tourmaline crystals from the Paprok Mine of Afghanistan • A giant Rwandan Amethyst gemstone... 72007 Malachite on Azurite Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District Savannakhét Province Laos The secondary Copper...Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co. Illinois, USA Out of the prestigious...on Muscovite Nagar (Nagir), Hunza Valley Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan Of
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Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Millibillillie Meteorite Eucrite-mmict Wiluna District, Western Australia (26° 27’S, 120° 22’E) Fall:...AM CT 43 72077 Lapis Sphere Stone Source: Afghanistan Lapis lazuli might be one of the most easily...Rhodochrosite & Lapis Box Stone Source: Argentina & Afghanistan This cubic box has a unique and chic square shape...The box is made up of bright blue Lapis from Afghanistan and deep red Rhodochrosite from Argentina. Each
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in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County....labeled base. From Freiberg, 12.7 cm Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany; by the consignor...Freiberg i Erzgebirge. Mineral Co SILVER District Saxony. Ward Ger | Ta a Museum Quality Native...This WIRE-SILVER Freiberg with ACANT Freiberg District Erzgebirge. Saxony. Germany specimen is a true
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Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia This faceted Cuprite is...Otjisongati) Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia This colossal Cuprite gemstone...- 11.94 Cts. Sweet Home Mine Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co. Colorado, USA This adorable pink-red...yellow hue, which is only found in the Ouro Preto district of Brazil. The yellow-orange color is highly saturated
 
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