 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn Universit Afghanite Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan F eldspathoids are peculiar...lapis lazuli (lazurite) occurrence at Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan, has produced peculiar specimens containing...marble matrix found at Sar-e-Sang,Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The 11 x 14-cm specimen...on marble matrix from Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Dr. Marvin D. Rausch...cm with forsterite and pyrite from Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Dr. Marvin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | publication are situated in the Baikal area, Badakhshan, Hindu Kush, and other Precambrian provinces...Rakhov Massif, Carpathians), in Afghanistan (Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan province), Canada (the Main and North...IN MAGNESIAN SKARNS 977 d Lake Baikal b c a f e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ‡ 10 Fig. 1. Geological...Bystritsa, (b) Tultui, (c) Chernushka, (d) Slyudyanka, (e) Talinskoe, (f) Pokhabinsk. GEOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL...lazurite deposits in Russia occur in the Slyudyanka district, Irkutsk oblast, southwestern Baikal area, and |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 43n: a = 9.09 Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. (ICDD 17-749). 3.71 (100), 2.622 (80)...02 0.78 3.87 8.71 1.84 0.67 99.62 (1) Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan; corresponds to (Na5:88 K0:25 )§=6:13 (Ca...humite, forsterite, haÄuyne, muscovite. Distribution: Exceptional crystals from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan...Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Well-crystallized material from the basins of the Slyudyanka and Bystraya...rights reserved. No par t of t his publication may b e reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or trans |  | 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) | | 0022-3530/94 $3.00 Sapphirine + Forsterite and Sapphirine + HumiteGroup Minerals in an Ultra-Magnesian...Sapphirine occurs with humite-group minerals and forsterite in Precambrian amphibole-facies rocks at Kuhi-lal...(0004-0005)«; sapphirine (0-004-0-006)^enstatite (0006)=$ forsterite (0006-0007)...includes the incompatible pair sapphirine + forsterite, but there is no textural evidence for reaction...phlogopite schist; 004,1-5-1-9, and 4-4 wt.% F in forsterite, clinohumite, and chondrodite, respectively; |  | | 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 |  | Chukanov, Nikita V., Sapozhnikov, Anatoly N., Shendrik, Roman Yu., Vigasina, Marina F., Steudel, Ralf (2020) Spectroscopic and Crystal-Chemical Features of Sodalite-Group Minerals from Gem Lazurite Deposits. Minerals, 10 (11) 1042 doi:10.3390/min10111042 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The oldest Sar-e Sang deposit was discovered in ancient times in the Koksha valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan...originatesfrom fromthe the deposits deposits of the Badakhshan lapis lazuli province. In In this this sample...2− )0.35 Cl0.18 (CO2 )0.22 ·1.13H2 O from the Sar-e Sang deposit whereas in the IR spectrum of another...A1 ) 681s cis-S4 antisymmetric stretching (ν3 − E) 989s 1084s 806w 805 809 814 987s 989s 988w...studied lazurite from the Baikal Lake region and Afghanistan [51]. The only difference is in the value of |  | | 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...trace amounts of enstatite, sapphirine, forsterite, and spinel. Enstatite is in contact with magnesite and...reaction in the Sar-e-Sangrocks. As a result, kornerupine-tourmaline relations in the Sar-e-Sangrocks differ |  | | Journal (issue) | | 50, number 5 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Wendell E. Wilson Associate Publisher & Circulation Director...at www.MineralogicalRecord.com Designed by Wendell E. Wilson Graphic Production by Capital Communications...6 cm, from Colombia; Gene Meieran collection. Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill...collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...Cornish (WA) John Dagenais (BC) Bill & Diana Dameron (OR) Rick Dillhoff (WA) Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & |  | | Journal (issue) | | 51, number 1 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Wendell E. Wilson Associate Publisher: Thomas M. Gressman Editors:...Kaminski Daniel Ulibarri Jim & Imelda Klein Lawrence E. Violett Harris Kominski Chris Whitney-Smith John...sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; |  | | Journal (issue) | | What’s New 111 III Conferenza Nazionale Diamante e Gemme di Colore Abstracts | Dubai Diamond Conference...Shi China University of Geosciences, Beijing James E. Shigley Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad...Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia Jeffrey E. Post Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA...UK t: +44 (0)20 7404 3334 f: +44 (0)20 7404 8843 e: information@gem-a.com w: https://gem-a.com Registered...AND PUBLICATIONS III Conferenza Nazionale Diamante e Gemme di Colore Abstracts The 3rd National Conference |  | | 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 |  | Grew, Edward S., Pertsev, Nikolai N., Vrána, Stanislav, Yates, Martin G., Shearer, Charles K., Wiedenbeck, Michael (1998) Kornerupine parageneses in whiteschists and other magnesian rocks: is kornerupine + talc a high-pressure assemblage equivalent to tourmaline + orthoamphibole?. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 131 (1) 22-38 doi:10.1007/s004100050376 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | USA tel: (001) 207-581-2169, fax: 207-581-2202, e-mail: esgrew@maine.maine.edu N.N. Pertsev Institute...whiteschists (e.g., Krn contains 0.24±0.67 wt% BeO), but the eect of these constituents is subordinate to that of...Na2O, the eect of these two components will be considered in this section, whereas the eect of other...could be identi®ed positively in Tlc-bearing lenses e Occurs as a single grain enclosed in Krn 26 The...low as 6 kbar. However, this prediction ignores the eect of Na2O on minerals that incorporate substantial |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tufts, 5oi Dashkesan, heulandite, 5Ol Afghanistan Sar e Sang, sapphirine, kyanite-gedrite-talc schist...aluminian hornblende, 3ro8 India Kajlidongri, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, 'winchite', 395 Nammakal, Tamil...ortho- and clinopyroxenes, 788 Sittampundi, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, sapphirine, 523 Sri Lanka Charnockite...Jagersfontein, pyroxenite, dunite, enstatite, forsterite, phlogopite, pyrope-almandine, 6 Nababeep Kloof...smithsonite, coronadite, 3o7 Mirannie-Mount-Rivers district, scoriaceous rock, 781 Tweed ShieM Volcano, allanite-bearing |  | | Journal (issue) | | P R O S P E C T I N G P E R K S : C A P T I V AT E D B Y C O L O R A D O F A R N C O M B H I L L G O... 2 ROCKNGEM.COM ! d e v o M e v ’ We NEW LOCATION Same Great Product 520 E. Franklin Rd. Meridian...Corner .............................. 42 Douglas E. Liniger and Antoinette Rahn Earth Science In the...Lazuli with calcite and pyrite present mined in Afghanistan; Leaf gold atop matrix mined in Clear Creek County...RandG_official rockngem.com 4 ROCKNGEM.COM A W I R E F U L L O F I N S P I R AT I O N ! STERLING SILVER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite, dolomite, phlogopite, pargasite, diopside, forsterite, scapolite, and/or pyrrhotite. The spinels vary...and calc-silicate rocks (including humite- and forsterite-rich metacarbonates); (3) sapphire-bearing calc-silicate...deposits used in the jewelry industry (e.g., Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan). 6.3 Metamorphic controls on gem mineral...in the Kimmirut area contain peak metamorphic forsterite with subsequent (near peak metamorphic or retrograde)...(rock forming minerals i.e., diopside, pargasite, forsterite, phlogopite, humite, calcite, spinel); and (2) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ). metamorphic C e ~ l .1989, , 7, 567-581 The upper thermal stability of chlorite+quartz: an experimental...be reconsidered. The whiteschists from Sar e Sang, Afghanistan, are treated as an example. The application...the l O m m welded gold capsule in the case of r e v e d runs. The e.m.f. of the thermocouple was corrected...refinements were undertaken using a computer program. l l e location of X-ray reflections was determined at half...kyanite and quartz. 570 H . - J . M A S S O N N E non-regular stacking sequence of the single talc-layers |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | XANES AND X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY MICHAEL E. FLEET§, XIAOYANG LIU, SARAH L. HARMER¶ AND H. WAYNE...the synthetic products and in lazurite from Afghanistan and Baffin Island, Nunavut, has been investigated...photo-électronique des rayons X du S 2p (XPS). § ¶ E-mail addresses: mfleet@uwo.ca, hwn@uwo.ca Present...Technology, PO Box 4, Woodville, SA 5011, Australia. E-mail address: sarah.harmer@csiro.au 1590 THE CANADIAN...1). Royal blue material from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, has been prized as a blue pigment |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ~) Copyright the Mineralogical Society 696 E. S. GREW E T A L . boron was a possible component of the...sillimanite-rich layers, calc-silicate rocks, forsterite marbles, and clintonite rocks, which are interpreted...limit of the town, the trend of the contact becomes E - W due to folding, and this area may be where Steenstrup...with kornerupine. In addition to the three s p ~ i m e n s studied in detail (see below), RKH examined one...32060 is similar to 1883.754 in that 698 E . S . GREW E T A L . FIGS. 1 4. FIG. 1 (top left). Radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | down at PH~o=Pto~ to the assemblage enstatite + forsterite + spinel + H20 along a univariant curve located...involving the phases clinochlore, enstatite, forsterite, spinel, pyrope, and hydrous vapor, clinochlore...clinochlore disintegrates to pyrope + forsterite + spinel + H20. The resulting univariant curve has a steep,...association of clinochlore with enstatite and forsterite in such an environment was studied by Trommsdorff...cordierite + forsterite + spinel + H20. (1) Segnit (1963) encountered talc, forsterite and spinel as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Swiss Alps (Chinner and Dixon, 1973), Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan (Kulke and Schreyer, 1973) and the Lufilian...Thermodynamics of Water in Cordierite analcime to j a d e i t e + H 2 0 (Manghnani, 1970; Newton and Kennedy, 1968)...number of petrologic consequences, to, for examp]{e, various aspects of theoretical cordierire "petrogenetic...molecules normally occupy slightly enlarged " c a g e s " in the interconnecting passage-ways enclosed by... 30 Reacfion: Hg2Nt+Si5018 §1-2H20 28 Nx 21 e c0rdierite 91-2H20 ~ =Hg2At4Si5018 2, 2~ OO AH |  | | Journal (issue) | | 45, number 5 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Wendell E. Wilson Editors: Thomas P. Moore Günther Neumeier... ~-----------+-HISTORY-++------------.-. William E. Hidden (1853-1918) at Barringer Hill in 1903, with...be outdone, the Philadelphia mineral dealer Albert E. Foote also made several collecting visits to the...century the famous New Jersey mineralogist William E. Hidden came out to Barringer Hill, and soon he, too...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1 1 Geoscience, Australian Museum 6 College...Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Ross E. Pogson is a scientific officer and collection manager...the United States), followed by the Garawilla district of northern New South Wales (superb orange and...Ardglen in the upper Hunter Valley); the New England district of New South Wales (cassiterite, wolframite, scheelite...topaz, stibnite, and fluorite); the Cobar Copper district of central New South Wales (azurite, malachite |
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Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan