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Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan

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.





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





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
var: Pericline
Apatite-(CaF)
'Axinite'
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Calcite
Fluorite
Herderite
Microcline
Muscovite
Quartz
Schorl


14 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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