 | | 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.......Parun Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......Pegmatite Field ............................656 Kunar Province ......................................... Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas north of the Kunar River—red...September–October, 2017 Gem Pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan Peter Lyckberg B.P. 2785 L-1027 Luxembourg lyckberg@pt...pegmatites in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan have been producing some of the world’s finest |  | | Report (issue) | | Fluorapatite Ca5 (PO4 )3 F c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal or...Panasqueira, Portugal. From near Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. At Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 09:03 02 January 2015 Figure 14 (above). Fluorapatite, quartz, and pyrite, 6.1 cm wide, Panasqueira...albite, and quartz, 14.5 cm high, Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; The Collector’s Edge specimen. Yes, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | piece and also this shot. Figure 7 (above). Fluorapatite, arsenopyrite, and siderite, 5.2 cm wide, from...Elbaite, 10.8 cm high, from Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; Green Mountain Minerals specimen. Although |  | | Catalog/List | | perception of the species. At the remote region of Afghanistan, towering mountains, junction of the Karako...specimen. East to China, home of a seemingly sured fluorapatite. Rubellite Tourmaline on Cleavelandite Malkhan...only a few examples discovered. Asia 25 Fluorapatite (bi-color) with Cleavelandite Dara-e-Pech pegmatite...Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan 6 cm tall x 7 cm wide 26 Fluorapatite is found in several colors...specimen from a remote and mountainous region of Afghanistan consists of a group of intergrown crystals of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia) and Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan) (TABLE 2). Crystals “frozen” in massive...(Zimbabwe, 25.67 ct), green elbaite tourmaline (Afghanistan, 12.33 ct), red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil...California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g), beryl (Heliodor, Ukraine, 303 g, 14...(Kievlenko 2003; Lyckberg et al. 2009). Pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan produce exceptionally fi ne gem... Danburite y, br LCT Euclase b, g LCT Fluorapatite b, g, p, pr LCT Hambergite c Jeremejevite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Oxford, Ohio 45056 rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts...have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite in the United States (Wilson 1977; Francis and...many others, another of North America’s finest fluorapatite specimens. It is from a locality, however, that...Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet...fortunate to find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Associated minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire, the Chandler...across. The associated minerals include albite, fluorapatite, beryl, and quartz, to name but a few. Also...muscovite, some as rosettes, associated with fluorapatite, albite, and quartz have come from here. The...County; associated minerals include quartz and fluorapatite. Moving to New Mexico, a pleasing pink-colored...muscovite, most of which is associated with quartz, fluorapatite, ferberite, siderite, chalcopyrite, and cassiterite |  | Hazrah, Kaveer, Antao, Sytle (2022) Apatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH,F,Cl)2: Structural Variations, Natural Solid Solutions, Intergrowths, and Zoning. Minerals, 12 (5) 527 doi:10.3390/min12050527 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | main phosphorous host in crustal rocks [1]. Fluorapatite, F-Ap, Ca10 [PO4 ]6 F2 , is the most common...minor elements. Various stanards were used: fluorapatite (Ca, P, F), CePO4 (Ce), LaPO4 (La), NdPO4 (Nd)...(Nd), YPO4 (Y), dards were used: fluorapatite (Ca, P, F), CePO4 (Ce), LaPO4 (La), NdPO4 (Nd), YPO4 (Y)...Jiangxi Province, China Dara Pech, Kunar, Afg: phase-4a (F-Ap) Dara Pech, Kunar, Afg: phase-4b (OH-Ap) Ashio...41330(2) 31b 32 33a 33b 33c † BR = Brazil, Afg = Afghanistan, MG = Minas Gerais. All samples were refined |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the calcium phosphate apatites, defi ned as fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, chlorapatite, and the solid...ultraviolet light, from Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Specimen is 10 cm across. (B) Fluorescent...LEMENTS (A) A 10-carat (1.5 cm tall) faceted fluorapatite gemstone. PHOTO : TERRY H UIZING. (B) A 35-carat...35-carat (1.5 cm wide) chatoyant fluorapatite cabochon, PHOTO : MARK MAUTHNER. Both are from a granite pegmatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | James Elliott photo. Bottom row, from left: Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin...November–December, 2020 25 Tom & Melissa Campbell Fluorapatite on tantalite-(Fe), 6 cm, from the Shigar Valley...Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil. Beth Van Allen photo. Fluorapatite on albite with elbaite, 6.9 cm, from the Golconda...Campbell Petalite, 7.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ex Richard Gaines, Martin Zinn, and John White...quartz, 13.2 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Beth Van Allen photo. Ludlamite with childrenite |  | | Catalog/List | | HIDDEHIxi. Pure transparent yellow-green cleavage. (Afghanistan) 1 Ins pieces £8 1cm pieces from Brazil £3 473...SiO single terminated crystal. Transparent.(Kunar Afghanistan) 1.5ins long, 1cm across £10 1.5ins long,...Limerick) 1x1 £3 1 x 'h £1.50 033 CARBONATE FLUORAPATITE Ca (PO/4 C0/3)F Apatite Group Brown veins and...Norrbotten, Sweden) S x 8 £5 lxl on lx2ins £9 032 FLUORAPATITE Ca PO/4 F Ordinary Apatite. Pure greenish massive...SiO single terminated crystal. Transparent.(Kunar Afghanistan) 1.5ins long, 1cm across £10 1.5ins long, |  | | Journal (issue) | | back cover Epidote 111, 184 Euclase 47, 175 Fluorapatite 59, 139 Fluorite 59, 63, 163 Galena 151 Gold...shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals found there...January-February 2007 Fluorite with Aquamarine and Fluorapatite Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan... Tourmaline with Quartz Paprok, near Nuristan, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 10 cm; This specimen shows such an aesthetic... Beryllonite with Tourmaline Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan 16 cm; This incredible combination of two extraordinary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1) Russia Mursinka (1) Afghanistan Nuristan Province Kunar Province ♦ ♦ (2) Myanmar (3)...tourmaline include albite, muscovite, lepidolite, fluorapatite, monazite, pyrite, pyrochlore-group minerals...located in Brazil, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. Demand for this attractive gemstone will continue |  | | Report (issue) | | The Panasqueira Mines: One Hundred Years of Fluorapatite BY CARLES CURTO MILA AND JORDI FABRE I FORNAGUERA...DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan, Afghanistan BY JOHN RAKOVAN PAGE 98 China and Japan BY...(Damour 1856; Rammelsberg 1860): 4 APATITE fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, and chlorapatite. Their ideal...of the colors and luminescent properties of fluorapatite. STRUCTURE As with all mineral groups, the...Correze, France Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe |  | | Journal (issue) | | chrysoberyl, tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz, quartz and zircon, plus rare species...spinel, topaz, aquamarine, peridot, zircon, fluorapatite and enstatite, and among its other collectible...including gem crystals of diopside, scapolite, fluorapatite, titanite, spinel and ruby corundum; well crystallized...marbles there include ruby, scapolite, diopside, fluorapatite, phlogopite, graphite and forsterite. Federico...East (including localities in Burma, Pakistan Afghanistan, Vietnam, Tanzania and others). After his first |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities are given in the captions. Figure 5. Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca...photo. Reference: Cassedanne (1986). Figure 12. Fluorapatite with albite and muscovite, 6.1 cm, from the...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 25. Fluorapatite, 5.4 cm, from the Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro...Cassedanne and Cassedanne (1978). Figure 76. Fluorapatite with muscovite, 10.8 cm, from the Sapo mine...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 95. Fluorapatite (dark green) with muscovite, 8.5 cm, from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sodalite (hackmanite), 16 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan. Below: Under longwave ultraviolet light. Joe...John. Ruby in marble, 5.6 cm, from Jegdalek, Afghanistan. (right: under longwave ultraviolet). Ex Edward...3 cm, from the Sar-e-Sang mines, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. (right: under longwave ultraviolet). Ex Herb...7 cm, from the Sar-e-Sang mines, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. (left: under longwave ultraviolet). Ex Herb...Morganite, 12.4 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Aquamarine duster, 8 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mtn., Lowell, VT, photo by the author. Fig. 3 Fluorapatite, 1 x 6 mm, VAG Mine, Belvidere Mtn., Lowell...pink and green gemmy tourmalines from Puprok. Afghanistan. Now I know most of you like kunzite. but I am...really hot blue-purple varieties from Pech. Kunar. Afghanistan. Haleem usually has a few real stunners on |  | | Catalog/List | | HIDDENITE Pure transparent yellow-green cleavage. (Afghanistan) 1 Ins pieces £8 1cm pieces from Brazil £3 473...SiO single terminated crystal. Transparent.(Kunar Afghanistan, 1.5ins long, 1cm across £10 1.5ins long,...(Eycott Cumbria) 1x2 .50p 2x2 £1.00 033 CARBONATE FLUORAPATITE Ca (PO/4 C0/3)F Apatite Group Brown veins and...micros (Moculta, South Australia) K x K £3 032 FLUORAPATITE Ca PO/4 F Ordinary Apatite. Pure greenish massive... 503 APATITE variety FRANCOLITE = Carbonate Fluorapatite. rich white cellular mass,possible Fluorite |  | | Catalog/List | | 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...Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite is the most popular variety of the...gemstone is top-caliber. The sizable example from Afghanistan weighs in at over 82 carats and features the...Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar Afghanistan Kunzite was named in honor of the legendary |  | | Journal (issue) | | Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...mostly thumbnails acquired during his travels in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 36. “Royal purple” fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite...Record, November–December, 2022 33 Figure 40. Fluorapatite, 9 mm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Androscoggin...2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. James Madison University collection, ex Peter |  | | Journal (issue) | | recently discovered pocket at the Paprok mine in Afghanistan. Even today the specimens from that pocket are...the Paprok mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Stuart Wilensky photo. Figure 4. Joseph Freilich...up with Marco Amabili to source minerals from Afghanistan and Pakistan; and Marco introduced me to a Pakistani...at first vaguely alleged to be somewhere in Afghanistan or China (Moore, 1994), but is actually a group...zircon matrix was a coeval crystallization of fluorapatite and magnetite, with the latter now partially |  | | Journal (issue) | | volume 32, November-December, 2001 Figure 21. Fluorapatite crystal, 3 cm, from Poopo. William Larson collection...diadochite, evansite, ferberite, florencite, fluorapatite, franckeite, goethite, greenockite, hagendorfite...48 km SSE of Oruro Cassiterite, *cylindrite, fluorapatite, *(?)franckeite, *incaite, jamesonite, kermesite...(included stream tin), *daubreeite, ferberite, fluorapatite, jamesonite, jarosite, pyrite, quartz twins...Record, volume 32, November—December, 2001 Afghanistan. Some of the garnets have that “melted” look |
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Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan