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Topaz from
Laghman, Afghanistan


Locality type:Province
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite4 photos of Topaz associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laghman, Afghanistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:119803
Long-form Identifier:1:3:119803:4
GUID (UUID V4):8254391b-9893-47e1-be26-795c009dee5a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is 7.7 cm high, was found in Nuristan, Afghanistan, probably in the late 1970s. It was initially...including beryl (both emerald and aquamarine), topaz, garnet, apatite, and gem tourmaline, in addition...specimens, as is now the case with material from Afghanistan. Invariably, however, deposits and even districts...wide area in the provinces of Laghman and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan (Bariand and Poullen 1978). Material...the Guskak mine at Pedch in Kunar and at Mawi in Laghman. Crystals as long as 1 meter have been found, and
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.......Literature Bio-bibliography Frontispiece. Map of Afghanistan and surrounding area in 1887. The pegmatite areas...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)
microprobe. (2) Nuristan district, Laghman Province. Afghanistan; by electron microprobe. (3) Be3 Al2...lepidolite, spodumene, amblygonite, tourmaline, topaz, cassiterite, columbite, tantalite. Distribution:...near Karimabad, Hunza district, Pakistan. In Afghanistan, around Khenj, Panjshir Valley. In the USA, from
Journal (issue)
11 tragedy, an? the_start of e bombing of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, the Pak1s_tam bor~er t:ily of Peshawar...exception. they closed down the new emerald mines in Laghman Province. as they were close to the front lines...to work again. Work was continuing in Kunar and Laghman, also at the sodalite deposit in Badakhshan, where...nice gemmy lustrous yellow kunzite Crom Waigon. Laghman Province. Then I started to see all of the latest...nearly flawless. The location given was Khauraz, Laghman Province. Next, a friend arrived whose father had
Journal (issue)
mine, Muzo, Boyaca, Colombia. Jeff Scovil photo. Topaz, 9.5 cm, Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais...Elbaite, 12.S cm, Darrai-Pech, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Joe Budd photo. Amazonite (microcline) with...COLLECTION Topaz, 5.1 cm, Ural Mountains, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. "Imperial" topaz, 13.2 cm, Ouro...mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. Topaz with lepidolite, 18.4 cm, Virgem da Lapa, Minas...Snohomish County, Washington. Jeff Scovil photo. Topaz, 3 cm, Murzinka, Ural Mountains, Russia. Ex Mel
Journal (issue)
samples, and compares them to emeralds from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Pakistan. The Chitral emerald...bluish (almost colourless) beryl crystal from Afghanistan, which measures 11.5 mm in the c-axis direction...bluish, almost colourless beryl crystal from Afghanistan (Figure 4) that has a short prismatic habit with...Schmetzer and photomicrograph (b) by H. A. Gilg. Afghanistan thus indicates that the crystal has undergone...Cambodia (0.93 Ma) Shandong, China (16 Ma) Afghanistan (24.7 Ma) Mesozoic Colombia (11-8 Ma) 40 Ma
Report (issue)
microcline, orthoclase, epidote, garnet, muscovite, topaz, cassiterite, scheelite, °uorite, beryl. Distribution:...Namibia. From the Nuristan district, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Name: From the Old German SchÄurl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
only natural stone resembling aquamarine is blue topaz….” That characterization was perhaps written for...specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
only natural stone resembling aquamarine is blue topaz….” That characterization was perhaps written for...specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
only natural stone resembling aquamarine is blue topaz….” That characterization was perhaps written for...specimen is reportedly from Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, and was acquired from John Betts (John
Book
in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has produced some...Plateau Region Afghanistan Badakshan District, Kokcha Valley, Northeast Afghanistan Nuristan District...District, Laghman Province, Northeast Afghanistan References 65 67 68 CONTENTS 7. Iran (Persia) Nishapur...crystals of cinnabar from China, the kunzites from Afghanistan, and the topazes and beryls from the Urals, just...AND OMI PROVINCE, SHIGA PREFECTURE, HONSHU Fine topaz crystals have been produced by these two neighboring
Book (volume)
hKunz i t e onQuar t zandCl eav el andi t e Mawi ,Laghman,Nur i s t anPr ov . ,Af ghani s t an ( Cov erMi...region, Namibia, 13 Morganite Mawi, Laghman, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 2,3 Peridot (on Magnetite) Naran-Kagan...Spodumene (var. Kunzite), Mawi, Laghman, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 2, 3 Stibnite (with Calcite) Xikuangshan...Sulfur Agrigento, Agrigento Prov, Sicily, Italy, 10 Topaz Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Mardan Dist., Pakistan, 4...California, 23 Paprok Mine, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 19, 34, 44 Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals in either habit are found at Badakhshan, Afghanistan; similar transparent pale green to tan crystals...tapered terminations in marble, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Crystals about 7 x 25 mm. Figure 7. 7 Phlogopite...interesting associates such as cassiterite, wolframite, topaz, scheelite, tourmaline, and fluorite. A classic...crystals to 3 cm across and 1 cm thick associated with topaz, schorl, albite, and quartz (Harada et al. 1977)...aquamarine, 8 cm tall, on muscovite, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. syenite pegmatites. It was first described
Journal (issue)
Another spodumenefloater from the Kunar Valley,Afghanistan. This 3 cmcrystalshowsodd, preferentiallusteron...the price of the volume alone. The col or-zoned topaz specimens, in particular, brought back fond memories...figures and cones of dissolution on topaz crystals. Beryl and topaz in these pegmatites are antipodal minerals...collectors, don't see many matrix specimens of topaz with beryl from this otherwise prolific area. Neat...and complex transparent lilac crystals from Afghanistan, sizes from TN to miniature: $25 to $250. Excalibur
Report (issue)
Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan Compiled by G.J. Orris1 and J.D. Bliss1 Open-File Report...APPENDIX A: Afghanistan Mines and Mineral Occurrences.. 11 TABLES Table 1. Provinces of Afghanistan ........more than 1000 mines and mineral occurrences in Afghanistan was compiled from published literature and the...PROCESSING, AND ACCURACY Data on more than 1000 Afghanistan deposits, mines, and occurrences were compiled...coal, and peat. Three previous compilations of Afghanistan mineral resources were the dominant sources used
Book (volume)
Africa, 39 Kunzite (on Quartz) Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 30 Mimetite Elura Mine, No1 Level, Cobar...Guangdong Prov., China, 10 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 23, 26 Orpiment Shimen Mine, Shimen...Stilbite (with Calcite) Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 7 Topaz Katlang, Mardan Dist., Northern Pakistan, 34 Tourmaline...Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 59 Paroon, Nuristan, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan, 33 Pederneira Mine,
Book (volume)
Guangdong Prov., China, 49 Morganite Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, 13 Powellite (on Scolecite) Nasik, India...(with Quartz) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania, 59 Topaz Alabashka, Mursinka, Ural Mtns., Russia, 60 Katlang...Siberia, Russia, 57 (on Quartz) Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 22 Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 9
Journal (issue)
Dietrich Famous Mineral Localities: The pegmatites of Laghman, Nuristan, Afganistan ...........................Obodda Fine Mineral Specimens Specializing in Afghanistan minerals Kunzite, Tourmaline, Beryl, A patite...for additional comm ents on this discovery. S / TOPAZ-M INERAL EXPLORATION DEPT. M 1605 HILLCREST G RAND...few years from the pegmatite fields in eastern Afghanistan. In the region of Nuristan, the pegmatites appear...Cedex 05, France INTRODUCTION Until recently, Afghanistan was principally renowned in the world of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“Watermelon” tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) Lucyna Natkaniec-Nowak, Magdalena Dumańska-Słowik...“watermelon” tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan) shows different tourmaline components. Four...“fluor-elbaite“, elbaite, Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan Introduction The tourmalines, chemically one...one, is often found in the Hindu Kush Mts. in Afghanistan (Bariand & Poullen 1978, Bowersox 1985, Bowersox...only occasionally mentioned during describing Afghanistan natural resources. London (1986) investigated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar, and quartz in the former, and bixbyite, topaz, sanidine, and pseudobrookite in the latter. Because...developed crystals to 1 cm associated with minor topaz and sanidine in the lithophysae of rhyolite exposed...Ferdock 2004). It is also reported with amazonite and topaz from the Zapot pegmatite northeast of Hawthorne...in crystals to 3.4 cm across and associated with topaz, bixbyite, and pseudobrookite occur in rhyolite...produced from pegmatites in Pakistan and adjacent Afghanistan for more than thirty years (Blauwet 2009) and
Journal (issue)
crystals found in 2008 at Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Jeff Scovil photo. 32 Supplement to The Mineralogical...mine, Bahia State, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. TOPAZ on quartz with albite, 11 cm, from Nyet Bruk, Gilgit-Baltistan...Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Roberto Appiani photo. "IMPERIAL" TOPAZ 9.6-cm doubly terminated crystal, found in 1973...a 6-cm specimen showing a 1.1-cm crystal, from Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah. Roberto...Germany. Simone Citon photo. TOPAZ with smoky quartz, 12 cm (with a 5.2-cm topaz crystal), from Nertschinsk
Catalog/List
4.72 x 3.74 x 3.22 inches (12 x 9.5 x 8.2 cm) TOPAZ - 82.62 CT. Pakistan 23.9 x 19.9 mm Dear Mineral...cm) SPODUMENE Khauraz, Laghman Prov. (Lagman Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan /•.v r;.-..j i a RED
Journal (issue)
, 109,70 ), ,( ( - ,( ), , 132,5 - Blue Topaz (trillion cut) ,Brazil , 109,70 cts , 34,40 )...spodumene ) , LiAl(SiO3)2 , Mawi , Laghman province , Afghanistan 12,5 X 6,2 X 3,3 cms – . 3 3. Garnet...3,5 X 4 3 cms) ; . Ca3Al2Si3O12 , Laghman valley , Afghanistan (3,7 X 3,3 X 2,8 . cms ; crystal 2...(var. Hessonite, Ca3Al2Si3O12) , Laghman valley , Nuristan , Afghanistan . Size of specimen 3,6 X 2,9 X...MINERALS - 14 - Vol. 24 (No 143) - 2009 12 14 12.Topaz , Ouro Preto , Brazil . Size 6X1,5 13 15 .-cms
Journal (issue)
from that is not the usual amethyst/ tourmaline/ topaz stuff, but actually rea l minerals that tease your...gc:nthc:lv11c?. ilmcnth: . ruulc. X1;•not1mc, Paki stan . Laghman. Zcgi ~toumain. ~IN 19- 1 1,4.5. 10 Ba.stnacjic...~IN 19-1 . 1.4.5. 10 Bery l, spodumenc. Afghanistan. Laghman. l\lawr. ~IN 19-1 : 1.-l.5. JO Bcryllon11c...Penikat layered complex , MN 19- 10: 10 La pi<, Afghanistan, Bada kh...siding , MN 19-2:7-10 Scapoli1c, A fg hanistan, Laghman. Kan11wa. MN 19- 1· 1.4,5,IO Sidcri1e. Idaho. Blac
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 cm lang) und ein völlig transparentes aus Afghanistan (rechts, ca. 14 cm lang) markieren die Extreme...„Triphan“ a) aus Nuristan (Afghanistan; ca. 5 cm) und b.) aus Afghanistan (geschliffen, Temperatur-behandelt;...Temperatur-behandelt; ca. 1.5 cm), „Hiddenit“ c.) aus Laghman (Afghanistan; ca. 4 cm) und d.) Minas Gerais (Brasilien;...ca. 15 cm), sowie „Kunzit“ e.,f.) aus Kunar (Afghanistan; ca. 3 cm) und g.) Pala (Kalifornien, USA; ca...Starker Pleochroismus in Kunzit – a.) Exemplar aus Afghanistan mit deutlichem visuellem Unterschied zwischen
 
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