 | | 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...............614 Nuristan Province........................................616 Mawi Pegmatite...............................619 Nilaw and Korgal Pegmatites.............. 630 Kulam Pegmatite...................................................... 633 Parun Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province |  | | Journal (issue) | | quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collector’s Edge Minerals specimen;...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ............614 Nuristan Province ...........................................616 Mawi Pegmatite ............................619 Nilaw and Korgal Pegmatites ...............630 Kulam Pegmatite .....................................................633 Parun Pegmatite Field ............................656 Kunar Province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com No pegmatite mineral collection is complete without octahe-...Fluorite is almost always a late-stage mineral in pegmatite cavities, forming a colorful, attractive icing...training, with a long-term specialty in collecting pegmatite minerals. He currently works in Chengdu, Sichuan...13 August 2013 2 Locality Parental Granite Pegmatite Class Mineral associates of significance Crystal...minerals Simmons and Heinrich (1980) 8 Badu pegmatite, Llano County, TX, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for...County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite, the geological environment in which this specimen...pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite, and stilbite. Another...Scovil photo. Figure 5 (right). Fluorapatite and muscovite, 15 cm tall, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. Fine Minerals...photo. Figure 6 (bottom right). Fluorapatite on muscovite, 7 cm tall, Nagar, Hunza Valley, GilgitBaltistan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | albite, 15.0 × 12.5 cm, from the Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 5229, Jeff...(left). Beryl, variety aquamarine, crystals with muscovite, 18 × 13 cm, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza...from the Pech district, Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 3630, Jeff Scovil photo...albite, 10.0 × 8.5 cm, from Paprok mine, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 8113, Jeff Scovil photo...travels provided Bonisoli with opportunities for field collecting and visiting museums and private collections |  | | Catalog/List | | could be a result of careless mass packaging in the field, or just the stream abrasion that certainly affected...back. The only accessory minerals are two bladed Muscovite crystals included in the terminations. It is in...structure. When the Iron that is normally present in pegmatite pockets is deficient, and there is plenty of Manganese...online, visit HA.com/6150 73019 SCHEELITE & MUSCOVITE Scheelite Occurrence, Shuijing, Mt Xuebaoding...honey coloration and are perched on a bladed Muscovite Mica matrix. The specimen appears to be in pristine |  | | Report (issue) | | specialize in “affordable” Tsumeb and Kalahari Manganese Field (N’Chwaning etc.) specimens. Among their interesting...crystal, about 15 cm, from the Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Collector’s Edge Minerals specimen;...ruby deposit, Surobi District, Kabol Province, Afghanistan. It’s a fine crystal with a good termination...000 open pits and trenches. The area includes muscovite-bearing pegmatites and skarns as well. It is located...located in the western part of the Surkh-Rod pegmatite field. Unfortunately we have never had an article |  | | Journal (issue) | | is particularly optimized for application in the field of medicine. In this connection it is of great interest...The Afghan beryls formed within granitic, beryl-muscovite pegmatites in hydrothermal conditions. Keywords:...emerald, morganite, NE Afghanistan Introduction The mountainous country of Afghanistan has been known for...occurrence of beryls in Afghanistan Beryl-bearing pegmatites occur in the NE part of Afghanistan, mainly in the...mined in the Nilaw, Mawi and Kurghal regions of Laghman Province from cavities in pegmatite veins (Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | deposits, and consequently with such severely limited field collecting opportunities, should foster a hot-bed...locations and contemporary deposits developed by field collectors. Size is not the main focus, as quality...Roberts, and subsequently discovered several new pegmatite minerals in the Black Hills of South Dakota; Bill...Almandine-spessartine on albite, 4.9 mm, Poaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Beth Van Allen photo. ...(tiny pink spheres), 5-mm view, from the Tip Top pegmatite, Fourmile, Custer County, South Dakota. Thomas |  | | Journal (issue) | | Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (with pictures of him “in the field”)....You paid good money for your specimens (or the field-equivalent in blood, sweat and tears), so you might...2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. James Madison University collection, ex Peter...morphology and symmetry has evolved into a fertile field for beginning collectors, an inexpensive hobby for |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...terrain throughout much of the Pacific Northwest made field collecting more difficult than in areas to the south...community and dealers to serve them gradually evolved. Field collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest...1923, at the age of 27, and became an enthusiastic field collector along with his first wife Hilda. It was...Agate and Mineral Society (OAMS) and took part in field trips to collect more agates, thunder eggs, petrified |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Record to recognize individuals for field collecting achievements contributing to the heritage...school field trips for his wife’s third grade classes, Bob started “Geology Adventures,” a field-trip business...lived. Lanny and I had been working on publishing a field guide to all of the Cascade volcanoes. One of us...ruby-red spinel. This fame is widespread in the field of gemology, but mineral collectors may be less...visitor (Calhoun, 1929) of “a closely drilled oil field on a primitive scale.” The routines by which a licensee |  | | Catalog/List | | Cts. Himalaya Mine (Himalaya dikes; Himalaya pegmatite) Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co...online. 72091 Gemstone: Apatite - 32.28 Cts. Afghanistan Apatite is a fairly common Phosphate mineral...Nonetheless, this gorgeous emerald cut stone from Afghanistan is a stunner and weighs in at a substantial 32...82.02 Cts. Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite is the most popular...gemstone is top-caliber. The sizable example from Afghanistan weighs in at over 82 carats and features the |  | | Journal (issue) | | across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...bed. lt proved to be topaz from a Precambrian pegmatite cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the...(including the 15.5-carat "Star of Arkansas") on recent field trips to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro...Laura Aaron photo. Aquamarine with spessartine, muscovite and feldspar, 10 cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar...Sodalite (hackmanite), 16 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. Below: Under longwave ultraviolet light. Joe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Arizona Arizona is without doubt one of the premier field collecting states in America. On any day a collector...issue of The Mineral Collector revealed that Utah field collector Maynard Bixby (1853-1935) was offering...(1933-1982) was also one of Arizona's most active field collectors and dealers. Since Arthur Flagg's time...hosted Minions meetings at their Tucson homes. Field trips were organized, including a memorable one...a whim, I went field collecting with a college classmate, Tony Jones. I prefer field collecting but I |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities and also localities worldwide. His favorite field-collecting sites ran the gamut from British Columbia...Missouri Minerals. He would often spend summers field collecting with a local minister, Durban Thorpe...group involved in mineral collecting; they took field trips to the Mesa Grande district, the Crestmore...maintained his mineral hobby, leveraging his time in the field near excavation projects to collect mineral specimens...his home. Whether at home, at a show or in the field, Chuck was unfailingly friendly and humble, willing |  | | Book | | AFRICA SoumAFRicA N'Chwaning II mine, Kalahari field, Northern Cape [Cape] Province. Although not quite...mcdougallminerals.com, 2015). Wessels mine, Kalahari field, Northern Cape [Cape] Province. Mining began in...Swanson quarry, East Haddam, Middlesex County. The pegmatite of the Swanson quarry is locally famous for its...2002). AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE Nanro [Naquissupa] pegmatite, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia Province. In...pegmatites, ixiolite occurs solely in the Nanro pegmatite, where small, dull gray-black lenticular ixiolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | traveled to England a number of times to visit and field collect with his friend Peter Briscoe (especially...Collection (in storage since the 1840s). Tim started field collecting on his holidays in the early 1980s, and...in Nevada at Mt. Wheeler. Perhaps his favorite field-collecting day was at the Himalaya mine in 1989...the Toledo area—Guide to thirty-seventh annual field conference of the Section of Geology, May 5, 1962:...Michigan Basin Geological Society Guidebook for Annual Field Excursion, Ann Arbor, Michigan, p. 82–84. JANSSENS |  | | Book | | identify gems and cannot be considered a gemology field guide or handbook. Previously unpublished photographs...Henry VIIl of England did when they met on the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520 in the hope of political...reach the beryl or tourmaline crystals found in a pegmatite. Be- pound accommodations golden gems, with...Badakhscan, 5 by 5 cm. Sorbonne collection Afghanistan rocks with no direct relationship to intrusions;...tourmaline). (for example, watermelon If the crystal field is not uni- form over the gem (as in anisotropic |  | | Catalog/List | | geologist. Collecting is no longer allowed in the field due to changes in the law, so this is a rare opportunity...Argentina The Field of the Sky is the English translation of Campo del Cielo: a sizable strewn field in the...Argentina Meteorites from Campo del Cielo: “The Field of the Sky” have been known since their initial...a witnessed fall. This fall scattered across a field some 17 miles (28 kilometers) long and 5 miles (8...glacial action from its original, ancient strewn field. Muonionalusta displays the classic Widmanstätten |  | | Catalog/List | | Lots” or type your desired Lot # into the “Search” field. Every lot is listed with full descriptions and...KUNZITE Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan Kunzite...23 87019 CADMIAN SMITHSONITE Oronogo, Oronogo Field, Tri-State Dist., Jasper Co., Missouri, USA A non-descript...Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan Lazurite, the primary component of Lapis Lazuli... located in a remote and forbidding part of Afghanistan, where actual crystals of Lazurite are found |
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