 | | 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) | | COVER: ELBAITE with smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collector’s...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) | | 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...variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite, and stilbite. Another important...caught my breath and hoped it wasn’t a shard of quartz. Carefully, I used just my index finger to push...coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small quartz specimens, but no more fabulous apatites. Of course |  | | 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...minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced by a purple or green cube of fluorite...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 6 (above). Elbaite, 7.2-cm crystal in quartz, 7.5 × 6.0 cm, from the Himalaya mine, San Diego...specimen 3462, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 11 (right). Quartz, doubly terminated crystal with “bissolite” inclusions...with quartz on albite, 15.0 × 12.5 cm, from the Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Bonisoli...Blanc in the Aosta Valley, Piedmont, they spotted a quartz crystal, about the size of a finger, shining brightly...from the Pech district, Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli specimen 3630, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Catalog/List | | ‘normal’ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...sideways as well as up. This form is sometimes seen in Quartz, but very rarely in Tourmaline. The rough exterior...and is accompanied by a partially euhedral Smoky Quartz crystal. The Phenakite, measuring 0.9 inches (2...could be a result of careless mass packaging in the field, or just the stream abrasion that certainly affected...structure. When the Iron that is normally present in pegmatite pockets is deficient, and there is plenty of Manganese |  | | Report (issue) | | specialize in “affordable” Tsumeb and Kalahari Manganese Field (N’Chwaning etc.) specimens. Among their interesting...were married, they stumbled upon a lot of Arkansas quartz at a Long Island flea market, and were completely...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...located in the western part of the Surkh-Rod pegmatite field. Unfortunately we have never had an article |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral appeared to have comparable hardness with quartz. It polished easily and well. A Mohs’ hardness...from the coating into the gemstone. Examples are quartz, topaz and beryl. The coating applied preferably...valence state of the metal in the coating. Topaz, quartz, ruby, emerald, and sapphire are given as examples...is particularly optimized for application in the field of medicine. In this connection it is of great interest...emerald, morganite, NE Afghanistan Introduction The mountainous country of Afghanistan has been known for |  | | 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”)....This case shows his sub-collections of calcite, quartz, pyrite and hematite, one species per shelf. Wilson...brass/gold-colored strips. 30 Figure 33. Fluorite on smoky quartz, 2.6 cm, from Frunthorn, Lake Zervreile, Grishun...You paid good money for your specimens (or the field-equivalent in blood, sweat and tears), so you might |  | | Journal (issue) | | Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture...deposits, and consequently with such severely limited field collecting opportunities, should foster a hot-bed...what I found was chert with occasional well-formed quartz crystals. I had an insatiable curiosity to know...my journey through the mineral world collecting quartz in Arkansas. At the same time I collected fluorescent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Printed by Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas Front cover Quartz scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King...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...book. Collectors have reveled in the beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, |  | | Catalog/List | | “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually...Iron. When Gold occurs with a matrix rock like Quartz, a Specific Gravity test is often performed to...exquisite formations often atop matrix rock like Quartz. Gold nuggets are typically valued at some multiple...t) and displays only a minimal amount of visible Quartz on the surface. Natural processes have smoothed...quite sizable with various cavities of visible Quartz. A shape more mountainous and artistic than the |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities: Spruce Ridge in King County, Washington (for quartz and pyrite) and the Rock Candy mine in British...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 |  | | 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...frorn the Magma rnine; azurite, malachite and drusy quartz on chrysocolla from the Globe-Miami area; cuprite...hosted Minions meetings at their Tucson homes. Field trips were organized, including a memorable one |  | | Journal (issue) | | Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally...unearthing many fine specimens of gadolinite, smoky quartz, fluorite, feldspar in crystals to five feet across...across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...piece of "heavy quartz" in a stream bed. lt proved to be topaz from a Precambrian pegmatite cutting coarse-grained...medium-violet arnethyst crystal specimens from quartz veins. And textbook-sharp, colorless and transparent |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amethyst. 10 x 21 cm. Yuzhakova pit, Alabashka pegmatite field, Urals, Russia. MRdK No 13208. f. Topaz with...Rubellite (elbaite), crystal 14 x 18 cm. Alabashka pegmatite field, Urals, Russia. MRdK Original label (only...Japan. Photo: Jeff ScoviI. on page 40 (left) Quartz Faden, 11.5 x 5.2 cm. Kofu City, Yamanashi prefecture...Island, Japan. on page 40 (right) Pink Fluorite on Quartz, 7 x 5.2 cm. Obira mine, Ono-gun, Oita prefecture...and direction of exterior shape alter- Photo 2. Quartz, Japan law twin, 3.5 cm wide. Pelona Mine, Peru |  | | Journal (issue) | | site (see the 1995 article on “Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode Island” in the Mineralogical...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.../crystal.classics.fine.minerals MINERALS GOLD ON QUARTZ Eagle’s Nest Mine, Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining |  | | Book | | Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...major associations of Swiss hematite iron roses are quartz, ortboclase, albite, rutile, and zeolites (especially...as sharp rhombohedral crystals to 8 cm on and in quartz; the ilmenite crystals have uniform orange-yellow |  | | Book | | Staurolite 179 Steatite Pyrope WA Succinite Quartz 180 Sugilite Rhodizite 186 Rhodochrosite Rhodolite...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...owner's rank. Gems as Trademarks and Tokens Intaglio quartz scarab with the cartouche of the Egyptlan king...inexpensive processes that separated materials Quartz crystals from Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Height: |  | | Catalog/List | | been replaced by minerals, usually a silicate like Quartz. The original structure of the plant is retained...geologist. Collecting is no longer allowed in the field due to changes in the law, so this is a rare opportunity... resulting in the magnificent colorful silica (Quartz) rough that became the raw material for this big...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Lots” or type your desired Lot # into the “Search” field. Every lot is listed with full descriptions and...include: • The Madona Rosa – the most imposing Rose Quartz specimen ever to be unearthed: a deserving competitor...competitor for the title of the world’s finest Rose Quartz. • One of the fabled Medina Aquamarines – once...mineral Chrysocolla gets mixed up or over-coated with Quartz minerals, the combination becomes harder and durable...KUNZITE Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan Kunzite |
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Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan