| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | corundum–tourmaline–phlogopite rocks from Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan: a new type of metasomatism associated...Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: dutrow@lsu.edu 2 Gemological Institute of America...(cor)–tourmaline (tur)–phlogopite rocks of the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan provide insights into processes that...understanding of sapphire genesis. Key-words: Badakhshan, Afghanistan; sapphire; dravite; LA-ICP-MS; trace elements;...led to the 0935-1221/19/0031-2881 $ 6.75 Ó 2019 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 70176 Stuttgart | | | 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.......Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | com/loi/tigr20 LOCALIZATION OF LAPIS LAZULI BODIES OF BADAKHSHAN AND THEIR MINERAL ZONATION a G. A. Yurgenson...(1985) LOCALIZATION OF LAPIS LAZULI BODIES OF BADAKHSHAN AND THEIR MINERAL ZONATION, International Geology...ons LOCALIZATION OF LAPIS LAZULI BODIES OF BADAKHSHAN AND THEIR MINERAL ZONATION G. A. Yurgenson and...ancient times. Although the Sar-e-Sang deposit of lapis lazuli in Afghanistan, which is unique in both its...been discussed in a number of papers [4, 1, 3, 5, e t c . ] , the mineral zonation of lapis lazuli bodies | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PUBLISHING COMPANY KYANITE-TALC SCHIST FROM SAR E SANG, AFGHANISTAN H. KULKE Geologisches Institut der Ruhr-Universit&...close association with the lapis lazuli deposit Sar e Sang schists containing talc and kyanite with or without...with the famous lapis lazuli deposit of Sar e Sang, Afghanistan. Apart from its important bearing on the...University. 2. Geology The lapis lazuli mine Sar e Sang is situated in the upper valley of the river...eastern Hindukush, Province Badakshan, Afghanistan, at 70°48'E/36 ° 12'N. In the surrounding high mountains | | Giuliani, Gaston, Dubessy, Jean, Ohnenstetter, Daniel, Banks, David, Branquet, Yannick, Feneyrol, Julien, Fallick, Anthony E., Martelat, Jean-Emmanuel (2018) The role of evaporites in the formation of gems during metamorphism of carbonate platforms: a review. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (1) 1-20 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0738-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Yannick Branquet 6,7 & Julien Feneyrol 8 & Anthony E. Fallick 9 & Jean-Emmanuel Martelat 10 Received:...lapis-lazuli in marble and/or calc-silicate rocks from Afghanistan (Fig. 1). Previous studies highlighted special...Africa (Groat 2014) and lapis-lazuli of Sar-e-Sang in Afghanistan (Faryad 2002) allowed the characterisation...crystals on quartz and adularia, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 6.6 × 4.4 cm. Specimen Fine Art Mineral. d Ruby...matrix, Minh Tien mine, Luc Yen mining district, Vietnam, 2 × 1 cm. e Nodule, rough and cut of tsavorite | | | Journal (issue) | ARTICLES 184 Lapis-lazuli from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Jean Wyarl, Pierre Bariand, and Jean...217 Nonfading Maxixe-Type Beryl? K. Nassau and B. E. Prescott 220 The Cutting Properties of Kunzite John...the fine material that has been produced i n Afghanistan for centuries, as described b y Messrs. Wyart...Robert Crowningshield N e w York, NY Anthony R. Kampf Los Angeles, C A Robert E . Kane Los Angeles, C...C A Pete D u n n Washington, DC Editor, G e m Trade Lab Notes C h u c k Fryer Editor, Gemological Abstracts | | | Journal (issue) | 48 • NUMBER 5 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson minrecord@comcast.net Associate Publisher...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......Moffitt (2016–2017) SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS David E. Ellis (2012–2017) Nicholas F. Stolowitz (2016) Alex...www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli | | | Book | and sapphires from Ceylon, lapis-lazuli from Afghanistan, turquoise from Persia, jade from China, opal...connected to the retraction of the original lode - i. e., the druses of pegmatites, with a high content of...History, London: pages 56c, 78a, 88a. Ecole Nationa/e Superieure des Mines de Paris: pages 24a, 26b, 38a...(0.6 inch) 8 Ruby, Jegda/ek, Sorobi, Kapisa, Afghanistan (0.8 inch) 24 SPIN EL Magnesium and aluminum...deposit at Jegdalek, in Afghanistan. It can occur in metamorphic rocks - schist or gneiss. It is essentially | | GREW, E. S., PERTSEV, N. N., YATES, M. G., CHRISTY, A. G., MARQUEZ, N., CHERNOSKY, J. V. (1994) Sapphirine+Forsterite and Sapphirine+Humite-Group Minerals in an Ultra-Magnesian Lens from Kuhi-lal, SW Pamirs, Tajikistan: Are these Assemblages Forbidden?. Journal of Petrology, 35 (5) 1275-1293 doi:10.1093/petrology/35.5.1275 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | enstatite in experiments conducted at a H 2 o = 1 ' n t n e MgO-Al 2 0 3 -Si0 2 -H 2 0 system, it might be stabilized...(1968), form a 1 km x 1-5 km lens in pelitic biotite gneiss at Kuhi-lal, a village situated on the Tajikistan...complex extending from the southwestern Pamirs to Sar-e-Sang (Fig. 2), the type locality for whiteschists...+ Rt + Po( + Py) + Gr >65O/5=7 Spr + Chu + Spl + E n ± R t + P o ( + P y ) ± G r >65O/5s7 Assemblages... Spr—sapphirine, Spl—spinel. 1977). At both Sar-e-Sang and Kuhi-lal, the whiteschists bear testimony | | | Report (issue) | Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan Compiled by G.J. Orris1 and J.D. Bliss1 Open-File Report...APPENDIX A: Afghanistan Mines and Mineral Occurrences.. 11 TABLES Table 1. Provinces of Afghanistan ........more than 1000 mines and mineral occurrences in Afghanistan was compiled from published literature and the...PROCESSING, AND ACCURACY Data on more than 1000 Afghanistan deposits, mines, and occurrences were compiled...coal, and peat. Three previous compilations of Afghanistan mineral resources were the dominant sources used | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany *Corresponding author, e-mail: klaus-dieter.grevel@rub.de 2 TÜV Rheinland...shear zones in granite gneiss, and whiteschist of evaporitic origin from Afghanistan. While the ‘pyrope quartzite’...distribution patterns of all granitic country-rock gneiss, phengite schist- and garnetjadeite-quartz-layer...thus fitting the REE distributions of both, the Afghanistan whiteschists and the leucophyllite samples as...40 DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1967 # 2009 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-70176 Stuttgart | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pages 345-357, 1988 Kornerupine at the Sar-e-Sang,Afghanistan, whiteschist locality: Implications for... Ansrnacr In the upper-amphibolite rocks at Sar-e-Sang(northeasternAfghanistan),tourmaline is the characteristic...in a magnesite-phlogopiterock. A specimenof the Sar-e-Sangkornerupine-bearingrock also contains trace...reaction in the Sar-e-Sangrocks. As a result, kornerupine-tourmaline relations in the Sar-e-Sangrocks differ...the kyaniterocks,Schreyer,l973) and associated Sar-e-Sanglapis-lazuli deposit in northeasternAfganistan | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Location Lac Ste-Marie, Quebec Balmat,.NY Sar e Sang, Afghanistan Malene Supra., W. Greenland Isua Supra...-NY Sterlina Hill. NJ Johnsburg, NY' Nuristan, Afghanistan Dunton Q., Newry, ME (pink) II '?;?:I I, " Harvard...proposed marine metaevaporitic affinity-the Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan and Balmat, New York samples (KULKE and...for this study are thanked. We are grateful to Mr. E. Rowley (Glens Falls, NY), Dr. R. Herd (Canadian Geological...Editorial handling: D. M. Shaw REFERENCES AGYEI E. K. and MCMULLENC. C. (1968) A study of the isotopic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany *Corresponding author, e-mail: hans-peter.schertl@rub.de Abstract: A complete...within granitic gneiss, as well as metaevaporitic rocks from Sar e Sang, Afghanistan, were also studied...protolith and its initial relationship to the enclosing gneiss. Following the recent recommendations of the International...55 DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1862 2008 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, D-70176 Stuttgart...polymetamorphic complex, (d) monometamorphic complex; (e) upper tectonic unit with PreAlpine basement rocks | | | Journal (issue) | Elegance The Small Treasures of Mineralogy by Wendell E. Wilson Alexander G. Schauss Jim Houran & Robert Lavinsky...53, number 6 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Wendell E. Wilson Associate Publisher & Circulation Director:...Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...The Elegant World of Thumbnail Minerals by Wendell E. Wilson & Jim Houran Introduction History Evolution...Schauss & Wendell E. Wilson Alexander Schauss: Consummate Connoisseur by Wendell E. Wilson Afterword | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | author's address and under the Acknowledgments Fig. 2a-e. Typical X.R.D. patterns of clay minerals. a Illite...intermediate facies, Aquitaine Basin, analysis 2 in Table 2. e Irregular mixed-layered chlorite-smectite CS, argillite...Basin. d Corrensite, sulphate rock, Aquitaine Basin. e Chlorite, mixed sulphate-argillite facies, Aquitaine...variables, expected to be the least affected by m e t a m o r p h i c processes, have to be selected....t'CORREN_SITE ~ ,~ "Z. ~I~ ~ 9 ~.It - y MG - C H L O R I T E S l," o- KAOLINI TE NA-K-FELDSPAR ~~ ~ \... 9 | | | Book | Mozambique, Madagas car, and, more recently, Afghanistan. The fine small crystals discovered on Mt. Capane...particular, they are the main component of granitesand gneiss, in which they appear in grains measuring from...(Madagascar): 5 cm. 2 - Corundum/Ruby (Jegdalek, Afghanistan): 3 cm. 3 - Rutile in Quartz (Ibitiara, Bahia...California (Paia), Madagascar, Brazil (Urupuca) and Afghanistan. A much rarer variety, the emerald-green hiddenite...crystals are always tiny. 1 - Kunzite (Nouristan, Afghanistan): 17 cm. 2 - Chrysoberyl (Lake Alaotra, Madagascar): | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Peraluminous sapphirine from the Aileron district, Arunta Block, central Australia R. G. WARREN Bureau...Arunta Block at approximately 22 ~ 35' S, 135 ~ 22' E, about 5 km north of Aileron and 135 km north northwest...paragneisses are predominately layered quartzofeldspathic gneiss, with minor quartzose layers, which crop out as...R. G. WARREN AND B. J. HENSEN T a b l e 1. N i c r o p r o b e analyses 72921235 A (Sapphirir.a-C... Oxygen *All 5.499 0.021 20 20 i r o n as f e r r o u s 1.775 0.266 0.038 0.040 2.996 15.790 | | | Book | TRUE ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN IN AFGHANISTAN ABOUT THIS BOOK... This is the story of one man’s endeavor...He finds it all in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan but not without risking his life. In this book...figures) is a must read for anyone interested in Afghanistan, gems, geography, travel, or U.S., Middle East...O00bowe TRUE ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN IN AFGHANISTAN GARY W. BOWERSOX Editing By: Jonathan Ross,...Hunter — True Adventures of an American in Afghanistan Gary W. Bowersox www.gems-afghan.com First published | | ROSA, M, CONCEICAO, H, MACAMBIRA, M, GALARZA, M, CUNHA, M, MENEZES, R, MARINHO, M, FILHO, B, RIOS, D (2007) Neoproterozoic anorogenic magmatism in the Southern Bahia Alkaline Province of NE Brazil: U–Pb and Pb–Pb ages of the blue sodalite syenites. Lithos, 97 (1) 88-97 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.12.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Brazil. Tel.: +55 71 3203 8558; fax: +55 71 3203 8591. E-mail address: lourdes@cpgg.ufba.br (M.L.S. Rosa)....Hilaire complex, Canada (Currie et al., 1986), Badakhshan Province, Afganistan (Cook, 2004), Cerro Sapo...Pardo basin [6], alkaline rocks of the SBAP [7], gneiss–migmatite [8a] and granulite [8b] terrains. 90...granulites (Fig. 1B). It consists of amphibolite-grade gneiss-migmatites. The Mesoproterozoic rocks are basic...km southwest of the Itaju do Colônia municipal district (Fig. 1C). The stock has an area of about 1 km2 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | reactions between Si-Al-rich rock (syenogranite or gneiss) and marble. The metasedimentary corundum, spinel...(‘iolite’) were found (Walker, 1915; presumably in gneiss but the exact location is not known, Wilson, 2014)...formed from the bimetasomatic reaction of contiguous gneiss and marble (Belley and Groat 2019). In metasedimentary...marble (e.g., syenogranite-marble on Spinel Island, gneiss-marble at the Glencoe Contact occurrence). In each...deposits used in the jewelry industry (e.g., Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan). 6.3 Metamorphic controls on gem mineral | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | yoderite S . P . J OHNS ON A ND G. J . H . OL IV E R * Crustal Geodynamics Group, School of Geography...natural yoderite, whiteschist. I NTR O D U CT I O N G E O L O G IC A L SE T T IN G Until now the only known...are interlayered with dolomitic marble, biotite gneiss, piedmontite quartzite and kyanite schist. McKie...grid reference ST 9662 3494; latitude 30° 10∞ 10∞ E, longitude 15° 57∞ 42∞ S; Figs 1, 2 & 3) is a coarse-grained...1998 809 810 S. P. JOHNSON AND G. J . H. OLIV E R Fig. 1. Geological map of the Chewore Inliers (modified | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ALPHABETICAL INDEX N a m e s o f a u t h o r s are p r i n t e d in SMALL CAPITALS, Subjects in lower-case...Serpentine, aluminian Amdrups Fjord, Kangerdlugssuaq, E. Greenland, lamprophyres, gabbros, clinopyroxene,...second occurrence of perite, 537; and see NICKEL (E. H.), 65 BRINDLEY(G. W.) and D~ SOUZA(J. V.), Nickelcontaining...pressure on transitions of, 487 CARR (G. R.), PHILLIPS (E. R.), and WILLIAMS (P. R.), An occurrence of eudialyte...Queenslaaad, 853 CARSWELL (D. A.), see JAVAWARDENA(D. E. de S.), 54I Cassagna mine, Liguria, Italy, volborthite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | intercomparison standard for 180 analysis Fuchs, L.H., E. Olsen, Composition of metal in Type III carbonaceous...W. Schreyer, Kyanite-talc schist from Sar e Sang, Afghanistan Lagarde, M., see Regnier Lal, D., see Somayajulu...433 339 408 391 411 339 427 189 411 87 59 Olsen, E., see Fuchs Oosthuyzen, E.J., A.J. Burger, The suitability...Simonoff, Y. Yokoyama, Production de 26A1dans F e e t St par protons de 0.6 et 24 GeV Ringwood, A.E....Letouzey, B. Biju-Duval, P. Courrier, L. Montadert, E. Winnock, New data on the structure of the Eastern | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Paleoproterozoic basement of the Kabul Block, Afghanistan Stephen Collett & Shah Wali Faryad & Amir Mohammad...Prague, Albertov 6, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic e-mail: colletts@natur.cuni.cz A. M. Mosazai Department...Mines, Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul, Afghanistan analyze envisaged Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic...metamorphic events in the Kabul Block. Introduction Afghanistan is composed of a complex collage of mostly Gondwanan... Collett S. et al. Fig. 1 Tectonic outline of Afghanistan according to Boulin (1991), Leven (1997) and |
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