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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Dache (Dassu; Dasu; Haramosh-Dassu; Dacha), Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan 19.4 x 15.5 x 10.1 cm. OK, this one boggled minds at Denver. It fooled me, and it fooled numerous people...nobody guessed blue albite crystals. The identity was finally settled by analysis at the University of Arizona. It seems to be a one-of-a-kind. I have seen no others of this material while waiting for this one to be cleaned and returned to ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 260461 View Count: 18 |
Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3 | |
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Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Two large garnets to almost 6 cm accross, from Gilgit, Pakistan. |
| © KhyberMinerals.com | Photo ID: 25206 View Count: 338 |
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Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Very nice anatase crystals. Crystal size is 3mm. |
| © Petr Fuchs | Photo ID: 156929 View Count: 152 |
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Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan crystals size is 3mm |
| © Petr Fuchs | Photo ID: 156940 View Count: 99 |
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Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Nice large Anatase crystal - size 6mm |
| © Petr Fuchs | Photo ID: 156936 View Count: 76 |
Anatase : TiO2 | |
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Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan crystal size is 3mm |
| © Petr Fuchs | Photo ID: 187797 View Count: 67 |
Anatase : TiO2 | |
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Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan crystal size is 3mm |
| © Petr Fuchs | Photo ID: 187796 View Count: 64 |
Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10], Microcline : K[AlSi3O8] | |
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Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan A raspberry-pink tabular, hexagonal apatite crystal, 3 cm across on the face of a triangular plate of coarsely bladed muscovite. Several small white microcline crystals are present as well. |
| © 2003, Jesse Fisher | Photo ID: 8664 View Count: 539 |
Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18 | |
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Nagar (Nagir), Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Transparent, pink fluorapatite crystal 15 mm across, perched on aquamarine beryl crystals 6 cm long. The specimen has limonite staining that could be removed. The fluorapatite crystal fluoresces bright yellow under UV illumination. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9x6x4 cm. Size of individual crystals: 15-60 mm. |
| © 2002 John H. Betts | Photo ID: 4494 View Count: 538 |
Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Nagar (Nagir), Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan A big, fat, fine apatite crystal, well-terminated, with glassy luster and wonderful pink color, measuring 2.4 cm in both width and height. Accented by albite and some smaller crystals below. Pink apatites are considered one of the best minerals of the Pakistani pegmatites , and are much more rare than the gem crystals themselves. 4.5 x 4 x 2.8 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 23830 View Count: 433 |
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