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

Latitude: 36°18'21"N
Longitude: 74°37'45"E
Valley of the Hunza River. Hosts complex granitic pegmatites near Nagar and Chumar Bakhoor, as well as various metamorphic deposits around Aliabad.

Ref.:
- Gübelin, E. (1982): Die Edelsteinvorkommen Pakistans. 1. Teil. Die Rubine aus dem Hunzatal. LAPIS 7 (5),19-26
- Weerth, A. (1992). "Les découvertes récentes de la vallée de Hunza dans le Nord Pakistan." Lapis, 17(10),pp:38-44+82.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
var: Pericline
'Apatite'
Aragonite
'Axinite Group'
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Clinohumite
Corundum
var: Ruby

var: Sapphire
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Graphite
Hydroxylherderite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Margarite
Microcline
Muscovite
Norbergite
Paragonite
Pargasite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Quartz
Sapphirine
Schorl
Spinel
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Zoisite


47 entries listed. 25 valid minerals.

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