Afghan Gems - Ahmad Zadran
1/17/2022
Dear valued customer, Afghan Gems appreciates all your continual support throughout the year. We wish you and your families health, love, prosperity, and happiness for the New Year 2022. Afghan Gems offers natural, untreated gems, minerals, and pro...
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Afghan Gems - Ahmad Zadran
1/15/2022
Jade is a name shared by two distinctly different minerals — nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate, and jadeite, a sodium aluminum silicate. Nephrite has a hardness of 6, and jadeite has a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Both have monoclinic crystal systems a...
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Afghan Gems - Ahmad Zadran
Ahmad Zadran - 1/14/2022
Lapis lazuli is a sodium aluminum silicate with sulfur chlorine and hydroxyl, and variable inclusions of pyrite and white calcite. Its hardness is 5 to 6 and its crystal system is isometric and mostly aggregate. Specific gravity pure 2.38 to 3.00. Re...
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Afghan Gems - Ahmad Zadran
Ahmad Zadran, Afghan Gems - 7/24/2021
These beautiful ancient Roman glass beads were found in Northeast Afghanistan, the area was once known as the Bactrian Kingdom (Bakhtar). The Silk Road ran through this area, and it was a major trading center for more than 600 years, so these are cal...
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