:Sar-i Sang
{{For|the village in Iran|Sar Sang, Iran}}
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Sar-i Sang (or Sar-e Sang) (lit. "stone summit" in Persian) is a settlement in the Kuran Wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, famous for its ancient lapis lazuli mines producing the world's finest lapis.{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |accessdate=2008-06-11 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |archivedate = 2008-06-08}} It is located in the Koksha Valley.
Lapis lazuli mines
The Sar-i Sang lapis lazuli mine probably dates from prehistoric times. It consists of one old disused shaft and two new shafts. This was the main source of lapis lazuli in the ancient world, with lapis from here occurring in such famous archaeological discoveries as the Royal Treasure of Ur and the Tomb of Tutankhamun.Warwick Ball, 2008, 'The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture': 261, London.
See also
References
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- Warwick Ball, 2008, 'The Monuments of Afghanistan: History, Archaeology and Architecture': 261, I.B. TAURIS, London, {{ISBN|978-1-85043-436-8}}.
- Warwick Ball, 1982, 'Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan': Volume I: 1001. SAR-I SANG, Editions Recherche sur les civilisations, Paris, {{ISBN|2-86538-040-8}}
- [http://www.mindat.org/loc-11.html Lapis lazuli mines at Sar-e Sang, Afghanistan] at Mindat.org
- Sarah Stone, 'LAPIS LAZULI in pursuit of a celestial stone', EAST and WEST PUBLISHING LTD, London, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-907318-03-0}}
External links
{{Commons category|Minerals of Sar-e-Sang District}}
- [http://www.maplandia.com/afghanistan/badakhshan/sar-sang Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
- [http://www.palagems.com/lapis_lazuli_bancroft.htm Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan by Peter Bancroft, Sar-e-Sang Mine, Jurm, Afghanistan]
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