 | | 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.......and General Mineralogy ......................614 Nuristan Province........................................Pegmatite.................................. 631 Paprok Pegmatites................................ 633...Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas |  | | Catalog/List | | Pink Fluorite on Muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 9 cm tall x 7 cm wide...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm... TOURMALINE ON POLLUCITE A rare pairing of species. Few tourmaline with pollucite examples are known...among the largest and finest ever unearthed. The pollucite is a complete three dimensional complex crystal...crystal. Thrusting up through the white pollucite crystal is a robust transparent/translucent bi-colored tourmaline |  | | Journal (issue) | | smoky quartz and cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collector’s Edge Minerals specimen;...SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2017 Gem pegmatites of Northeastern Afghanistan By Peter Lyckberg Contents Introduction ......General Mineralogy ........................614 Nuristan Province .......................................Pegmatite .....................................631 Paprok Pegmatites ..................................633...www.budil-minerals.com Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with green elbaite on albite, from Paprok, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (b) A finegrained, massive, compact...March/April 2017 149 Figure 4. (a) Petalite, with pollucite and quartz, Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba...included pocket clay, Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. (d) The common white...variety triphane (11 × 8 × 5 cm), Paprok, Kamdesh district, Afghanistan. (f) Bob Dawson exposes a gem-quality...of the Big Kahuna Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California (29 June 2010); |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dlondon@ou.edu Part 5 Reading Pegmatites What POLLUCITE Says T his is the fifth of several articles...in which they form. The series continues with pollucite. Dr. David London is a Stubbman-Drace Presidential...finds of euhedral crystals of pollucite in miarolitic pegmatites of Afghanistan and Pakistan (Rossovskiy 1977)...melt to the point of crystallizing pollucite. As such, pollucite represents the final and ultimate step...Earth is more refined than a pollucite-bearing pegmatite. Systematics Pollucite is almost always a colorless |  | | Journal (issue) | | on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ...terminated crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to...the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend district, Reynolds County, Missouri. Roberto Appiani photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka |  | | 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... The Jonas pegmatite, in the Conselheiro Pena district of Brazil, contained a single 2 × 2.5 × 3 m cavity...(Kievlenko 2003; Lyckberg et al. 2009). Pegmatites in Afghanistan and Pakistan produce exceptionally fi ne gem |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection;...from the Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Coeur d’Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho. Joe Budd photo. Supplement |  | | Journal (issue) | | of eastern San Diego County, CA. In the mining district around Pala, CA, and specifically at the Stewart...crystal—the first reported bicolor elbaite from the Pala District. Apparently, 1915 was a major year for exhibitions...jewelry, of course. The pegmatites in the Pala District are zoned. Open areas, called pockets, gave crystals...Mines are among the notable historic mines in this district. Mining at the Tourmaline King, Tourmaline Queen...specimens from the Little Three Mine in the Ramona District. The Little Three produced elbaite in diverse |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Liddicoatitic Tourmalines ANJANABONOINA DISTRICT, MADAGASCAR T he tourmaline database, like that...perpendicular to the c-axis, is from the Anjanabonoina district, Madagascar. Trinity Minerals specimen, John Veevaert...by Joe Budd; photo courtesy of Rob Lavinsky. district; blue-zoned crystals to 5 cm at Anjakamiaary,...na pegmatite field in the Ambatgofinandrahana district and the Ikalamavony pegmatite field in the Matsiatra...from the Anjahamiary pegmatite of the Amboasary district, Tulear Province, in the Fort Dauphin region. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District 13-7: 1.6-8; Minerals near Tateville. Pulaski...Washington 13-5:5 Plumbomicrolite Russia 13-3: 1,4,5 Pollucite Maine 13-1:4; Colorado 13-9: 1,2 Polydymite Australia...zircon Colorado 13-9: 1,2 • Countries Afghanistan, Paprok, Nuristan: petalite, 134: 1.4,5 • December...near Aldama: quartz, 138: 1,6.7; Santa Eulalia District: goethite, quartz, 13-8: 1.6,7: Naica: gypsum |  | | Book (volume) | | Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Report Series Published by BGS 2008 Ministry of Mines and Industries...Republic of Afghanistan Afghanistan Geological Survey Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Book 2...2 Mineral Resources of Afghanistan Editors in chief SH Abdullah, V. M. Chmyriov Executive editor V. I...chief). 2008. Geology and Mineral Resources of Afghanistan. 2 Volumes. British Geological Survey Occasional |  | | Book | | the most colorful and wonderful specimens of the district—at least, in my opinion. Slices were made of some... Kunzite from Afghanistan The gem-bearing pegmatites near Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, are among...which measures 5 inches across, is from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Both the quartz and tourmaline are...measures 3.75 inches tall. It is from Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Wayne mentions the find in his Ikons and...specimen. Treasured Minerals 117 Morganite from Afghanistan Morganite is the pink variety of beryl, much |  | | Journal (issue) | | 11 tragedy, an? the_start of e bombing of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, the Pak1s_tam bor~er t:ily of Peshawar...petalite crystals from Paprok, Kunar, and a nice large beryllonite also from Paprok. At another Afghan dealer...a very nice lot of mixed color toumrnline from Paprok, with the best being a large bi-color red-blue...provided the exact locale. It is from Iran, not Afghanistan, the village is Soghan, in a tribal area near...including gem scepters, some on calcite matrix, from Afghanistan. Originally I was given the locale as being Bamiyan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...have also yielded fine specimens of hambergite, pollucite, topaz, quartz, aquamarine beryl and lepidolite...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon “sole governor”...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco |  | | Journal (issue) | | natrolite (!x1), offretite (?x1), phillipsite (!x1), pollucite (?), svetlozerite (+x1), scolecite (x1), stellerite...production in Norway commenced at deposits of this district in the end of the 1500x. Yserby, Sweden: * 1800... ! pyrite — Rio Marina; orthoclase, • 1846 — pollucite, !* elbaite — Sап Piero in Campo. Jachymov, Czeсhia:...were made by Dm. Tumashev in 1668. Neroika Mt and district, Subpolar Ural: ! axinite — Puiva Mt.; ! anatase;...Puiva — crystals up to 9 cm. Nizhuii Tagil and district: !• 1855 — demantoide, magnetite — Vysokaya Mt |  | | Journal (issue) | | Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico, should be advised that...(first color special issue) $20 v.5/#5 Julcani District in Peru, Indian Mtn. (AL), Capelinha (Brazil)...Axinites (CA), El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $8 v.21/#3 American Amethyst...followed by exploratory drilling in the old Jamestown district. Their efforts concentrated on historic mining |  | | Book | | Norway; large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. lt is common in the Coeur d' Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm ( L2...10 mm (3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...mm. Montana, US.A. Ruby, 16 mm x, Jegdalek, Afghanistan • gray; S - white; L - vitreous to adamantine;...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district, South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to |  | | Book | | Norway: large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. It is common in the Cocur d'Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm (12...10 mm (J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district. South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to...up to 50 mm (2 in) long come from Jegdalek, Afghanistan; Mogok. Burma and from Luc Yen, Vietnam. Prismatic |  | | Report (issue) | | 100 carats. The spinels are from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, the source of the emeralds is as yet unknown...is Sri Lankan. The tourmaline could be from Afghanistan, as the trade route from India ran very close...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...with associated quartz and albite from Pech, Afghanistan. Bruce Oreck collection; Jeff Scovil photograph...Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley, Afghanistan and the Malkhan |  | | Journal (issue) | | inclusions|Clinohumite from Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large...Lu.c Yên, Vietnam|Scapolite from Badakhshan, Afghanistan|Tourmaline from Ife, Osun State, Nigeria| Cat’s-eye...deposit is located ~3 km from An Phú in the Lục Yên District of Yên Bái Province. On separate buying trips...Bear Williams FGA Pollucite from Pakistan with Polylithionite Inclusions Pollucite, (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12)...(Blauwet et al., 1997)—have been a source of fine pollucite crystals that are highly valued by mineral collectors |  | | Journal (issue) | | Microminerals Miscellany from France, the Eifel district, and Mont Saint-Hilaire ........................(first color special issue) $20 v .5 /# 5 Julcani District in Peru, Indian M tn. (A L), C apelinha (Brazil)...and mica, along with ninor amounts of beryl and pollucite, also have been extracted comnercially from some...Lepidolite Microcline Montmorillonite Muscovite Pollucite# Quartz Tourmaline group. Schorl Elbaite Spodumene#...earlier phase. It has been observed as veins in pollucite and altered spodumene (Landes, 1925). Quartz |
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Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan