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ikram
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 Posted: Oct 19, 2009 22:54 Post subject: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi
I would like to share some photos of recent mining in Mawi mines, Laghman, Afghanistan.
Cheers,
Ikram
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Jason
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2009 22:54 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Ikram, those are excellent photos..thank you so much for posting them for us, half a world away, to see..please post more if you have them.
jason
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ikram
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2009 23:04 Post subject: More Photos of Mawi mines , Laghman Afghanistan. |
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Some more photos of mining activities at Mawi mines, Laghman, Afghanistan.
Cheers.
Ikram
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2009 23:44 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Ikram,
This post and its companion are incredible. The conditions are quite severe for these men, and yet they produce such wonderful mineral specimens. Thank you so much for posting these photos. I never really appreciated what folks went through in this part of the world to bring the minerals to light.
Bob
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Jason
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 00:06 Post subject: Re: More Photos of Mawi mines , Laghman Afghanistan. |
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| More good photos..and to think they have to muck all by hand there..Gary Freeman and the guys at Mt. mica would have a heck of a time having to do that..please post any more photos if you have them
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ikram
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 00:39 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi
Jason, Bob thank you so much for your great comments and appreciating my photos.
I will post more photos of the locality very soon.
Ikram
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 02:18 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi Ikram,
I'm excited to see more pictures. It's really nice to see such impressions from inside a mine, thank you!
Tobias
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 02:31 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi Ikram,
The many photos you post the more we appreciate the crystals from there. It's the other side of the mineralogy. You have given me a lot of "food to think about". Only the photos, without ethical discussion. Stunning.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Antonio
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 02:51 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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| ikram wrote: | | Some more photos of mining activities at Mawi mines , Laghman Afghanistan.... |
Ikram, both posts are so interesting that I unified them in a single post: "The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan" in order to make the navigation easier.
Thanks for your posts Ikram, as you can see them are more than appreciate here! ;-)
Jordi
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John S. White
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 04:58 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Great photos Ikram but it would help to know what we are looking at. Can you please include labels for the minerals, some of which appear almost tumbled and rounded so are hard to recognize?
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garchin
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 05:03 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi Ikram,
Simply wonderful!
What are the main minerals mined there?
Sukran, Gar.
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 07:57 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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What are the main minerals mined there?
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See https://www.mindat.org/loc-7.html
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Jason
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 09:27 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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| Most of those look like spodumene..not really sure what the golden orange colored ones are in the one photo
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Turbo
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 11:36 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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| Is Afghanistan largely unexplored in terms of it's precious stones?
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ikram
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2009 12:16 Post subject: Re: The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan |
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Hi
Thank you so much for your great comments .
Especially Jordi for unifying these in single post .
John ! this is a combine minerals vug of Spodumen and Morganite.
Bob a usefull link of the locality.
Cheers.
Ikram
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