 | | Report (issue) | | percent of the green gem andradite (variety "demantoid") originating in Russia is enhanced through heating...Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World BY DUDLEY...mitigate some of the brown and yellow tones of "demantoid." But irradiation does not seem to have any impact...terms most commonly applied to andradite are "demantoid," "rainbow" garnet, "melanite," and "topazolite...andradite. Demantoid and rainbow garnet, discussed below, are highly desirable gemstones. 34 Demantoid The |  | | Journal (issue) | | garnets such as spessartine (e.g., Laurs, 2002b), demantoid (Laurs 2002a; Eddins 2010), and tsavorite (Mayerson...alternative green stones such as tsavorite or demantoid garnets (figure 16). In 2008, a controversial...com/article.cfm/significance-of-horsetailinclusions-in-demantoid-garnet, Apr. 24. Emeralds from Swat Valley funding...(2002a) Gem News International: Update on Namibian demantoid garnet. G&G, Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 178. ——— (2002b)...included eastern Madagascar, the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan, and the Swat Valley of Pakistan. Brazil remained |  | | Book | | after the Muslim invasion of 1000, when Mahmud of Ghazni (998-1030) pillaged the upper valley of the Ganges...of Diamonds: The Ancient Trade Routes Mahmud of Ghazni carrying away a Hindu idol. From a Hindu manuscript...Durani, who had seized the throne of nearby Afghanistan, decided to intervene in Persian affairs to restore... Rutile* 6.5 4.25 2.613—2.900 287 .280 Demantoid 6.5 3.85 1.89 none 057 Lithium niobate**...magnetic prospecting, 96 magnetite, 22 Mahmud of Ghazni, 23, 24 Mainfroy, Jean, 256 Majhgawan Diamond Mines |  | | Book (volume) | | Rhodolite is a variety of pyrope. Topazolite, demantoid, melanite, and schorlomite are varieties of andradite... . §moky-quartz, crystals 356, 360 Ceylon Demantoid, rough Urals Hessonite, cut 10. 11. "), cut... 3-86 Almandine Ruby Sapphire "Cape Ruby" Demantoid .... .... .... Spinel Group II. (sp. gr. ...6* Olivine 4 H Sphene Obsidian Moldavite Demantoid 6* . Lapis-lazuli Haematite 21 Corundum...(Bohemian garnet, "Cape ruby," and Rhodolite), Demantoid, Hessonite - Quartz. Crystallised quartz Rock-crystal |  | | 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]...Erongo Mountains, Damaraland. Green andradite ("demantoid") crystals, many of gem quality, have been mined..."axinite" to 2 cm or so were observed in the demantoid workings around 2002, and the determination of |  | | Book (volume) | | intended to symbolize an Oriental sunrise. 6. Afghanistan, 1842 (ist Afghan).—Awarded by Government of...Company, who took part in the operations in Afghanistan in 1842, that is to say the second phase of the...Discovery ” under Sir George Nares, K.C.B. 26. Afghanistan, 1878-80 (2nd Afghan). Awarded by Queen Victoria...carrying a gun; behind, mounted troops. Above, AFGHANISTAN. In exergue, 1878— -79-80. Ribbon: Green, with...should be issued for this campaign with clasps “ Afghanistan,” “ Ali Musjid,” “ Peiwar Kotal,” but, after |
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