| | Journal (issue) | and increased awareness of the green gem from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the major miners, including...Russia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Image 8) were the main world emerald producers...Pakistan: 38: Khaltaro; 39. Swat valley. Afghanistan: 40. Panjshir valley. Russia: 41. Urals (Malyshevo)...deposits present decametric lenses of white gypsum/dolostone alternations hosted in a black matrix made of...grade Colombian goods. With rough from Panjshir (Afghanistan) and Swat (Pakistan) available only in limited | | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee A., Marshall, Dan, Fallick, Anthony E., Branquet, Yannick (2019) Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification. Minerals, 9 (2) 105 doi:10.3390/min9020105 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Canada, USA); (IIC) Metamorphic rocks (China, Afghanistan, USA); (IID) Metamorphosed and remobilized either...Emerald crystals on quartz and adularia, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 6.6 × 4.4 cm. Specimen: Fine Art Mineral...Russia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Figure 3) are the largest producers of emerald...Pakistan: 39: Khaltaro; 40. Swat valley. Afghanistan: 41. Panjshir valley. Russia: 42. Urals (Malyshevo)...de Goiás, Brazil, and either Panjsher valley (Afghanistan) or Swat valley (Pakistan). Schwarz and Giuliani | | | Journal (issue) | Bahrain • Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan and Afghanistan • Rediscovery of sapphires in central France...emeralds from Colombia and lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. In the 1990s, we published some of the earliest...important localities for gem-quality scapolite are Afghanistan (Badakhshan), China (Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous...1996 [Sri Lanka]; and McClure et al., 2005 [Afghanistan]). Although only limited mining for Ihosy scapolite...News International: Tenebrescent scapolite from Afghanistan. G&G, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 269–271. Peili Z. (1992) | | | Book | Asia: Jegdalek marble near Sorobi, Laghman, Afghanistan; Zanskar district, Kashmir, India; Ratnapura...contributed to early descriptions of the species in dolostone. luster, but may be pearly or silky; translucent...localities worldwide, including Brazil, Canada and Afghanistan. Turquoise Turquoise, Iran * 2 x 4 x 2 cm, 76...Rané Island, Sweden. Asia: Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Name From one of the major constituents of...Beryllonite, Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan * 11 x 10 x 9 cm 132 PHOSPHATES Amblygonite | | | Book | Asia: Jegdalek marble near Sorobi, Laghman, Afghanistan; Zanskar district, Kashmir, India; Ratnapura...contributed to early descriptions of the species in dolostone. Space Group R3c Hardness 3.75—4.25 conchoidal...Rané Island, Sweden. Asia: Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Name From one of the major constituents of the...Beryllonite, Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan * 11 x 10 x 9 cm 132 PHOSPHATES Amblygonite...metamorphic mineral found in limestones. Lazurite, Afghanistan * 10 x 5 x 5 cm Notable Localities Canada: north | | | Book | emeralds from the most important sources (i.e., Afghanistan (Panjsher Valley), Brazil (Itabira), Colombia...Canada, USA); (IIC) Metamorphic rocks (China, Afghanistan, USA); (IID) Metamorphosed and remobilized either...Emerald crystals on quartz and adularia, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 6.6 × 4.4 cm. Specimen: Fine Art Mineral...Russia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Figure 3) are the largest producers of emerald...Pakistan: 39: Khaltaro; 40. Swat valley. Afghanistan: 41. Panjshir valley. Russia: 42. Urals (Malyshevo) | | | Report (volume) | & TRELOAR, P.J. Introduction Karakoram and Afghanistan Caporatt, A. Recent gravity measurements in...encompassing the geology of the Karakoram and Afghanistan; Kohistan and the internal zones of the Indian...Izatt provide a synthesis of the tectonics of Afghanistan and western Pakistan. They argue that two phases...collision between India with Karakoram and Afghanistan geology three papers include data derived from...other from Skardu However, of India and Afghanistan did not occur until the Pliocene, a conclusion | | | Book | woodhouseite (Hammer, 1999). LAZURITE ASIA AFGHANISTAN Sar-e-Sang [Ladjuar Madan] mines, Kokcha River...only when major minerals of many sorts from Afghanistan and Pakistan began to reach the West in the 1980s...crystals (Kynicky and Krejsek, 2013). ASIA AFGHANISTAN Tchombarak near Pech, Kunar Province [Nuristan]...Britvin, Ivanyuk and Yakovenchuk, 1995). ASIA AFGHANISTAN Marki Khel, Spin Ghar, Nangarhar Province. "Spin...and #5 mines (Pekov and Memerova, 2008). ASIA AFGHANISTAN Nuristan area, Laghman and Kunar Provinces. | | | Book (edition) | material such as the lapis lazuli in northern Afghanistan. Such processes can equally be considered as...in coarsely crystalline marble from Jegdalek, Afghanistan. Marble specimen 6 cm across the marbles of...(formerly known as Burma) and of Jegdalek in Afghanistan (Figure 1.20). Both of these marbles belong to...marble is the lapis lazuli at Badakhshan in Afghanistan (Figure 1.21). Figure 1.21 Thin section of lapis...assemblage is similar to that at Badakhshan, Afghanistan 22 Rocks and the Processes That Formed Them | | | Book | Late Pleistocene Glaciation of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan 863 Stephen . Porter Matthias Kuhle 63. Late...described in Appendix A. The nearest source for the dolostone erratics is in the headwaters of the Oldman River...al., 2008). The angular shape of these bedded dolostone blocks is in accord with supraglacial transport...spalling JJO01420 49-03.252, 112-20.605 1197 Dolostone 4 4 3/ pyramidal Hammer and chisel Surface...JJO01421 49-03.456, 112-20.188 1204 Bedded dolostone 2.5 3 1.5; tabular Hammer and chisel As | | | Book (volume) | Diamond Emerald Nephrite jade Topaz Tourmaline Afghanistan Aquamarine Ruby Spinel Pakistan Aquamarine...Diego County in California, the Nuristan area of Afghanistan, the Sverdlovsk region of the Urals, and the...Brazil, Australia, Pakistan (Swat Valley), Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley), Russia (near Sverdlovsk, Ural Mountains)...western Kazakhstan; (9) the Himalayan belt from Afghanistan and Pakistan through Kashmir into Tibet, also...as Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. Engineering Geology Although tunnelling to |
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