Sar-e-Sang

Sar-e-Sang
Coordinates	36 ° 13 ' N , 70 ° 48' E Coordinates: 36 ° 13 ' N , 70 ° 48' E
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
province	Badakhshan
District	Kuran va Munjan
ISO 3166-2	AF-BDS
height	2560 m
Residents	800

Sar-e-Sang is a place in the Kuran va Munjan district of the Badakhshan province in Afghanistan . It is located at an altitude of 2560 meters above sea level and has about 800 inhabitants.

The western Hindu Kush and thus also this place was already known in antiquity for its large deposits of lapis lazuli (for about 6000 years), lazurite and sodalite of good quality gemstone .

Sar-e-Sang, more precisely the nearby lapis lazuli deposit Ladjuar Medam ( Lajur Madan ), is also a type locality for the minerals Afghanite and Lasurite .

Individual evidence

↑ Data on Sar-e-Sang from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed on July 13, 2010.
^ Walter Schumann: Precious stones and gemstones. All kinds and varieties. 1900 unique pieces . 16th, revised edition. BLV Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8354-1171-5 , pp. 188 .

Web links

Type locality Sar-e-Sang in the Mineralienatlas and Mindat , accessed on January 5, 2020.

[1] Data on Sar-e-Sang from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed on July 13, 2010.

[2] Walter Schumann: Precious stones and gemstones. All kinds and varieties. 1900 unique pieces . 16th, revised edition. BLV Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8354-1171-5 , pp. 188 .