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Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

Fluorite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Photo: Kiyoshi Kiikuni

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A field of granitic pegmatites near the village of Nagar, known for excellent specimens of aquamarine, fluorapatite, and fluorite associated with a coarse muscovite matrix.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Pericline
'Axinite Group'
Beryl

Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Calcite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite

Herderite ?
Hydroxylherderite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Microcline

Muscovite
Quartz
Schorl

15 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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References

- Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200.
- Appiani, R. (2006). Fluorite. Nuovo ed eccezionale ritrovamento al Chumar Bakhoor, in Pakistan. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 30 (4), 250-253.
- Appiani, R. (2007): Pink Fluorite from an exceptional new find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 38 (2): 95-100
- Lyckberg, P. (2011): Edelstein-Pegmatite in Afghanistan: Ghumar Bakhoor. Mineralien-Welt. 22 (4): 67-77

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