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Description
English: Afghanite
Locality: Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley (Kokscha; Kokcha), Badakhshan (Badakshan; Badahsan) Province, Afghanistan (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: miniature, 3.4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Afghanite on Marble
Named for its host country, and rare in discrete crystals elsewhere, afghanite at Sar e Sang, reaches its zenith for the species. A 2.5 cm tall, rich blue, translucent, lustrous, afghanite crystal is nicely perched on white marble. It is still a rare member of the feldspathoid group of minerals. THE COLOR IS TOPS on this one, and with a rare translucency!
Deutsch: Afghanit
Fundort: Distrikt Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley (Kokscha; Kokcha), Badachschan, Afghanistan (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 3.4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source Image: http://www.irocks.com/db_pics/pics/t06-330b.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Afghanite&page=0
Author
Robert M. Lavinsky (1972)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
Alternative names
Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
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Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus Edit this at Wikidata
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