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Lazurite from
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan


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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite, etc.

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite, etc.

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite, etc.

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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Lazurite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Lazurite
Formula:Na7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3) · H2O
Comments:Since all 'lazurites' are sulfide rich hauynes, we restrict the name Lazurite to the blue mineral in Lapis Lazuli, which is opaque, non fluorescent, ultramarine to midnight blue with a bright blue streak
Habit:Rhombic dodecahedrons modified with cube and octahedral forms
Colour:Ultramarine to midnight blue
Luminescent properties:none,
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite60
Calcite54
Phlogopite39
Marble25
Afghanite17
Forsterite9
Sodalite5
- var Hackmanite1
Marialite4
Muscovite3
Quartz3
Scapolite3
Lapis lazuli2
Haüyne2
Plagioclase2
Nosean1
Nepheline1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lazurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (189 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12903
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12903:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lazurite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘPitwak Mine, Sar-e-Sang River, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘRobate Payan, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
References
Hogarth, Donald D. (1979) Afghanite: new occurrences and chemical composition. The Canadian Mineralogist, 17 (1) 47-52
Moore, Thomas P. (2001) What's New in Minerals - Tucson Show 2001. The Mineralogical Record, 32 (3) 245-257
Woodside, R. M., Moore, Thomas P. (2014) Famous mineral localities: The Sar-e-Sang lapis mines, Kuran Wa Munjan district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The Mineralogical Record, 45 (3) 280-336
 
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