Khaltaro (Rayjud; Kaltoro), Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

Emerald
Khaltaro, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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Village 6 km north of Sassi, with an emerald-bearing pegmatite field located at 4500 m elevation in the northwest Haramosh Mts.

Ref: Kazmi, A.H., and Snee, L.W., ed., 1989. Emeralds of Pakistan: Geology, Gemology and Genesis. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 269 p.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'

Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Biotite
Fluorite

'K Feldspar'
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Quartz

Schorl
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Zoisite

16 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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