 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the...gemmy colored tourmalines, muscovite, “lepidolite,” schorl, and microcline. Best known for fine morganite... crystal on albite with quartz from Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The 12.2-cm-high specimen is in the...morganite, crystal on albite from Nuristan, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Scott Rudolph specimen, Jeff Scovil...quartz and albite from Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Fisher-Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/loi/tigr20 The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan a a L.N. Rossovskiy , V.M. Chmyrev & A.S. Salakh... Salakh (1977) The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan, International Geology Review, 19:12, 1429-1432...page/terms-and-conditions The Kulam kunzite deposit in Afghanistan Downloaded by [University of Montana] at 21:06...Sinsiang ( China), Burma, and New England (USA). In Afghanistan pegmatite veins with kunzite are found in the...Hindukush in the basins of the large rivers Alingar and Kunar (the Nuristan region). Small amounts of kunzite |  | | Book (volume) | | Brazil, 15 Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 4 (with Schorl), 54 Azurite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 48,...39 Kunzite (on Quartz) Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 30 Mimetite Elura Mine, No1 Level, Cobar, NSW...Prov., China, 10 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 23, 26 Orpiment Shimen Mine, Shimen Co., Hunan...District, Namibia, 64 Spessartine (with Quartz & Schorl) Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan, 42 Sphalerite...Paprok, Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 59 Paroon, Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Pederneira |  | | Journal (issue) | | 11 tragedy, an? the_start of e bombing of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, the Pak1s_tam bor~er t:ily of Peshawar...were more nice gem petalite crystals from Paprok, Kunar, and a nice large beryllonite also from Paprok....Pech. Kunar. There was still a small movement of stones from Pech. The entire province of Kunar did not...far in the war. When Kabul fell. the governor of Kunar switched from pro-Taliban to anti-Taliban. The Taliban...starting to work again. Work was continuing in Kunar and Laghman, also at the sodalite deposit in Badakhshan |  | | Book (volume) | | Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 31 Panasqueira, Portugal, 2, 42 Aquamarine...Aquamarine Dassu, Baltistan, Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil...Gerais, Brazil, 10, 17 Paprok, Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 14, 39 Veadinho Mine, Governador Valadares |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 4 (left). A fine 7.6-cm-wide spessartine and schorl specimen from the Little 3 mine, Ramona, San Diego...aggregates to 25 cm across and associated with schorl crystals occurs just east of the main cut at the...sharp, lustrous orange crystals associated with schorl and albite from the Hercules and Little Three mines...2014 Figure 13 (left). An unusual spessartine and schorl specimen from Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Northern...1 cm associated with feldspars, aquamarine, and schorl. The better-known Elba localities include Catri |  | | Catalog/List | | perception of the species. At the remote region of Afghanistan, towering mountains, junction of the Karako...miners bring down specimens. tacular aquamarine and schorl tourmaline combina- This includes a newly discovered...complete story and history of this mine. Asia 21 Schorl Tourmaline with Aquamarine Shengus, Roundu District...for producing the most spectacular aquamarine and schorl tourmaline combination specimens found anywhere...This example has a tall, majestic shimmering black schorl crystal rising from crossing aquamarine crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of rare-metal pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan) L.N. Rossovskiy a b & V.M. Chmyrev a b a...Department of Geology and Exploration , Kabul, Afghanistan Published online: 14 Sep 2009. To cite this...of rare-metal pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), International Geology Review, 19:5, 511-520...e - m e t a l pegmatites in the Hindu Kush (Afghanistan) Downloaded by [North Carolina State University]...discovered in Afghanistan. The pegmatite fields are located mainly in the eastern part of Afghanistan, in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | magnetite and hematite; others may have included schorl. A specimen labeled simply Chester, Delaware County...crystals have grown around and included almandine and schorl crystals; and, for the micromounter, the Foote...Smithsonian collection, with some having intergrown schorl and apatite inclusions. Fine examples of the green...An interesting specimen in the collection is a schorl, altering to muscovite, in microcline from Villeneuve...some fine muscovite crystals as well as albite and schorl associated with it. There are specimens in the |  | Ertl, A., Hughes, J. M., Prowatke, S., Ludwig, T., Prasad, P. S.R., Brandstatter, F., Korner, W., Schuster, R., Pertlik, F., Marschall, H. (2006) Tetrahedrally coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies. American Mineralogist, 91 (11) 1847-1856 doi:10.2138/am.2006.2245 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | al. 2001; Marler and Ertl 2002). Additionally, schorl with ~0.25 apfu IVB was described from the same...out that the main substitutions (in the series schorl-dravite to olenite) including IVB are most likely...stoichiometry is not valid for the more widespread elbaite-schorl-rossmanite tourmalines, and the B content must...and albite crystals, from Nuristan, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, and another sample (OLE) was taken from...tourmalines (98114: elbaite, 108796: dravite, 112566: schorl). Compositions of these tourmaline samples are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | High concentrations of Fe2+, Mn 2+, and/or Ti4+ Schorl, elbaite, liddicoatitic tourmaline (c) Commonly...crystals are typically black and are generally schorl or foitite (FIG. 8). The black root is commonly... (1) Russia Mursinka (1) Afghanistan Nuristan Province Kunar Province ♦ ♦ (2) Myanmar (3)...located in Brazil, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. Demand for this attractive gemstone will continue |  | | Catalog/List | | prismatic Quartz. 2x1.5x1.25", O£9.50 50. ARSENOPYRITE/SCHORL/CHALCOPYRITE. East Pool Mme, C. 1920's Cornwall...about 1.5x0.75" in size) with a little interformed Schorl/Feldspar. Lightly attached and partly embedded...systematic collector! 3x3x1.25", £7.50 103. BERYL/SCHORL/CLEAVLANDITE. JStak Nala, Gilgit Road, Pakistan...2.5x2x1.5", £7.25 107. BERYL (Var: Aquamarine)/Schorl. Stak Nala, Gilgit Road, Nth Pakistan. An adamantine...£45.00. 109. BERYL (Aquamarine Xtl). Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. A matrix-free simple, sky-blue transparent |  | | Catalog/List | | £27-00. 47. BERYL(Var:Aquamarine). Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. Gemmy,terminated,very pale (ix-J" in...Mimetites. i 'frosting' 3^x3x2", £24.00. 62. CALCIAN-SCHORL(Dravite). Yinnietharra,Western Australia. Golden-brown...Quartz/Cassiterite 3x2ix1", £8.25. 78. CASSITERITE/SCHORL. Parc St.Neots Pit,Bodmin Moor,Cornwall. Very interesting...sandwich of glassy-brown Cassiterite and jet-black Schorl,bounded by granular, crystalline Topaz. (Greisen...(Greisen Vein) 5x2-Jx1-J" , £12.00. 79- CASSITERITE/SCHORL/QUARTZ('Wood Tin'). Wh.Kitty,St.Agnes.Cornwall |  | | Catalog/List | | AQUAMARINE/SCHORL/ALBITE. Stak Nala,Gilgit,Pakistan. A superb jet black,adamantine Schorl xtl 20mm long...pair. MIN£125. BERYL VAR EMERALD.Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. Superb,matrix-free,singly terminated group of...Cornwall. 19 th c. Ex Trelawarren colln. Boxed. Quartz/Schorl ma trix veined and encrus t ed with dark Cassiterite...bi-coloured. £35. 1 37W. ELBAITE VAR INDICOLITE. Kunar Valley, Afghanist an.Mat rix-free crystal section...pale-pink Scholzite . RARE. Nice spec i men • .t 8 . SCHORL. Tyrol,Austri a. Boxed,off-matrix,single,long,prisma |  | | Journal (issue) | | (no specified mine), although I’ve seen similar schorl specimens. These oddities start with a single tourmaline...elbaites in the Himalayas, coming from Pakistan and Afghanistan (sometimes with localities unspecified). Elbaite...bases. Afghanistan has many small mines and prospects in the Dara-i-Pech (Pech Valley) of Kunar Province...material. Near Paprok, in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan, the usual colors of elbaite along with bi- and...“mushrooms” have dark, almost black cores of more schorl composition. Outer parts may be elbaite—or liddicoatite |  | | Catalog/List | | Ward Mineral Coll ~~ MORGANITE on ALBITE SCHORL Conseinetro Mines Gerais, Brazii Beryl var...on White Cleavelandite with Schorl. geous, Museum quality with schorl titled beryl variety morganite...Guanajuato. Mexico BERYL var. MORGANITE Pech, Kunar Prov Afghanistan 54 . ‘ 4s +o ‘ j , Impressive Beryl var...x ivan jones ( > cm a stand measures Afghanistan; $5,000 ty Juan de : . I | stimated From...characteristics. From Mawi, Laghman Province of Afghanistan; measures 17 cm by 11 cm by 9.6 cm. Estimated |  | | Journal (issue) | | November–December, 2020 Tom & Melissa Campbell Fluorite with schorl, 4.5 cm, from Stak Nala, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan...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...and elbaite, 6.6 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Joe Budd photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical... Tom Spann photo. Aquamarine on feldspar with schorl, 17 cm, from Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |  | | Journal (issue) | | scapolite crystals from Badakhshan ----4 (Afghanistan). I saw transparent crystals to about 4 cm with...Cryo-Genie Mine, 20-2:4 P Beryl v. Goshenite: Afghanistan, Kunar Province, Papla, 20-5:7 P Beudantite: USA...Fund rburk Prospect_ 20-10:6 P Elba.ite: Afghanistan, Kunar Province. Darr.ill Pech, 20-5: 10 P Eveslogite:... Upper Amo river, ValJamo Supcriore. 20-4:13 N Schorl: Canada. Ontario. Quadvillc, Beryl pit. 20-9:5...Boulder Cr. Tr:wonia claim. 20-8: 11 Spodumene: Afghanistan, L:tghman Provine.:. Mawi, 20-5:9 P Squawcn."\ |  | | Journal (issue) | | Figure4: Another spodumenefloater from the Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. This 3 cmcrystalshowsodd, preferentiallusteron...and complex transparent lilac crystals from Afghanistan, sizes from TN to miniature: $25 to $250. Excalibur...Gemmy crystals from several localities in the Afghanistan/Pakistan areas are what most ofus see in the...spodumene rod-like crystal from Laghman Province, Afghanistan. This terminated crystal is 9. cm tall. Excalibur...filth came with a few treasures. The shop had some schorl crystals in schist from a Sun Rise Beach find at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | County, California; Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Kunar, Afghanistan; as well as yellow beryl (heliodor) from...crystals from Yintherra, Australia, as well as schorl from a variety of localities provide dark contrast |  | | Book | | Kunzite from Afghanistan The gem-bearing pegmatites near Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, are among...measures 5 inches across, is from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Both the quartz and tourmaline are perfectly...115 116 Treasured Minerals Beryl with Schorl Schorl, the black variety of tourmaline often found...3.75 inches tall. It is from Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Wayne mentions the find in his Ikons and states...single finest specimen from that area. With the two schorl crystals flaring off the aquamarine and microcline |  | | Catalog/List | | to 3mm. 60x40x40mm. £18. 10. CASSITERITE and SCHORL. Bunny Mine, St Austell, Cornwall. A 25x20mm area...veinstone matrix. ' 30xl5xl0mm. £165. 44. SPINEL. Kunar, Pakistan. A single raspberry red octahedral xl |  | | Catalog/List | | sample. 65mm x 50mm x 4Omm. £4.00. 25/ BERYL/SCHORL. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. Small interesting display...base of a much larger terminated lustrous black Schorl crystal. 32mm x 30mm x 23mm. £55-00. 26. BISMUTHINITE...16mm x 15mm. £30.00. -8- 92. GROSSULARITE. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. A semi-translucent.reddishbrown...25mm x 9mm x 8mm. £28.00. 188. TOURMALINE(Var: Schorl). Gunheath Pit,Bugle,Cornwall. Pure glistening |
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Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan