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Fluorite from
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorlⓘ11 photos of Fluorite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Topazⓘ10 photos of Fluorite associated with Topaz at this locality.
Albiteⓘ10 photos of Fluorite associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ10 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ9 photos of Fluorite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Lepidolite9 photos of Fluorite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ5 photos of Fluorite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Feldspar Group2 photos of Fluorite associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Microclineⓘ1 photo of Fluorite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:119824
Long-form Identifier:1:3:119824:9
GUID (UUID V4):8dc84779-08e5-472e-ba4e-5254923982aa
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘBulochi, Drot Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘIshkapal, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘHaramosh Peak, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘDache, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘStak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
29.7km (18.4 miles) ⓘKhaltaro, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘNiaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
52.8km (32.8 miles) ⓘBien Sla, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘChumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘBaha, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
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Catalog/List
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 2.55 cm tall x 3.2 cm...Africa 17 AT L A S Malkhan, RU Dara-e-Pech, AF Shengus, PK Qinglong, CN A journey through Asia begins...mountainous stretch of Siberia, where the discovery fluorite – an example of the rich bountiful variety of...steep walls, and rivers form a mountain ranges in Pakistan, a trek through one of formidable natural obstacle...California and the Himalayas.” —(2019). The Malkhan District. The Mineralogical Record, 50 (3 May–June), 245
Report (issue)
To Our Readers: Pakistan is a mineralogically-rich and interesting country. The quantity of Pakistani...us by surprise when people began to ask, "Why Pakistan; why now?" It has never been our intention to...the mineral deposits of the high mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Once into the project, however...justice to neither. We decided to limit our focus to Pakistan, though even focused on a single country, a comprehensive...19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil Collection
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Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2 cm wide...Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 25.4 cm tall x 40.6 cm wide In 2018,...AM 4461_txt.indd 23 1/18/21 11:02 AM Fluorite on Fluorite Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group...11:02 AM 4461_txt.indd 30 1/18/21 11:02 AM Fluorite with Calcite The Diana Maria Mine, Frosterley...Quartz Pulsifer Quarry, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA 3.6 cm tall
Journal (issue)
from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................February 14, 1998. The topic of the symposium will be fluorite and other Alpine minerals— the theme minerals...his collection were directed particularly toward fluorite, and over the years he amassed a very important...remarkable collection of French and world­ wide fluorite specimens. He was the author of approximately...Sharleen K. Harvey Alexis Chermette (1902-1996) Fluorite, a good synthesis o f his life’s work on that
Report (issue)
(weighing a total of 2.52 carats) from Katlang, Pakistan, adorn the upper wings, with a matched pair of...ZBYNEK BURIVAL 46. On the Topaz Trail in Gilgit-Baltistan DUDLEY BLAUWET 58. Zimbabwe Blue Topaz: St...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo...the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006... and quartz, with inclusions of margarite and fluorite. volcanic deposits should be drier and shallower
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
United States are from pegmatites of the Amelia district, Amelia County, Virginia (Sinkankas 1959, 1997)...in the Brown Derby pegmatite in the Ohio Creek district, Gunnison County. Roberts and Rapp (1965) describe...John Betts photo. (Northrop 1959). In the Petaca district it is known in crystalline aggregates to 60 cm...Yttrian spessartine occurs in the Elk Mountain district of San Miguel County. Small, though gemmy, spessartine...Hercules and Little Three mines in the Ramona district (Fisher 2002). In addition to sharply developed
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mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with...Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd...Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite...Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time
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8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...with crystals to 5 cm across; the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, where some muscovite crystals...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment...struck a chord with me. Other mines in the Pala district that have produced musco- Downloaded by [National...deposit of Panasquiera, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal, has yielded some nice examples of muscovite
Journal (issue)
PEZZOTIA, F. (1999) Selvino e Zogno: quartz and fluorite . Rivista Mineralogica ltaliana, 23 (3), 146-156... 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Roberto Appiani photo. FLUORITE 10.3 cm (with crystals to 3.8 cm on edge), from...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE
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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
Journal (issue)
later purchased a friend’s collection of English fluorite, calcite and barite for Albert. In 1927, at the...up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...mining crew encountered them, including calcite, fluorite, pyrite and quartz. He began to concentrate his...Epidote, 11.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Kintore...Australia. Tourmaline, 13 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Supplement to The Mineralogical
Book (volume)
that are obviously beautiful, like an Illinois Fluorite or a colorful Tourmaline. And, those that are...(on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine...Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee, 10, 47 (with..., S. Africa, 22 Fluorite (on Muscovite) Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza River Valley, Pakistan, 58 Grube Beihilfe...N’Chwaning Mine, N. Cape Prov., S. Africa, 69 (on Fluorite) Wuton Mine, Wuzhou Pref., Guangxi Reg., China
Report (issue)
cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection, Jeff Scovil...PAGE 86 Apatite Valleys: Localities of Northern Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan...apatite structure is complex and contains three district sites on which the cations sit. The calcium and...Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit­ Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection, Jeff Scovil...light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col lection, Joe
Journal (issue)
and the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia (for fluorite and barite). Income from these common minerals...Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon “sole governor”...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry
Journal (issue)
vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...early lead mines in the Upper Mississippi Valley district (Mineral Point and others). The animal which appears...ranges in the southern part of the Lake Superior District (the Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic, Cuyuna, Gunflint...Deposition of iron formations in the Lake Superior District ended abruptly 1850 million years ago, suspiciously...to the formation of the famous Michigan Copper District), the Gogebic Range was faulted and tilted nearly
Journal (issue)
Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part II) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...302 Louisville, CO 80027 After having crossed the Gilgit River at the Alam bridge, satisfied that I had...tetrahedrite, locally associated with deep purple fluorite cubes. The smithsonite and cuprite are far rarer...good pocket of the malachite on tet;ahedrite with fluorite and rhodochrosite was collected. Work is now advancing... May 2004 Mineral News 3---- Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) Local people set to work
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NALA PEGMATITE, NANGA PARBAT – HARAMOSH MASSIF, PAKISTAN: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Frank C. HAWTHORNE§...Haramosh massif at Stak Nala, 70 km east of Gilgit, Pakistan. It is transparent, pale yellow (with a tinge...tourmaline, muscovite or lepidolite, topaz and fluorite, and billwiseite can be partly mantled by B-rich...Nanga Parbat – Haramosh massif, Stak Nala, Gilgit, Pakistan. Introduction The granitic pegmatites at...at Stak Nala, Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan, belong to the LCT (Li– Cs–Ta) family, with characteristics
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“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...pleasing, my main focus is on fluorite, calcite and quartz. I collect fluorite and calcite because of the...mineral collecting. All photos are by Jeff Scovil. Fluorite, 9 cm, from Valzerques, Aveyron, Occataine, France...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo
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octahedralfluoritecrystalsfromChukarBaker,Nagar,Pakistan, collectedSeptember2006 Fire Dalllages Wright's...The Miinchen buzz was about the fabulous pink fluorite specimens offered by Riccardo Prato. These were...Chukar Bakor (Nagar, Pakistan). collected September 2006. of pink. octahedral fluorite crystals on a matrix...touch more purplish. less yellow than the pink fluorite from the Alps - we are not talking color, we talk...(Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are at least as interesting as the fluorite, though
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where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was...and 1889 he shipped 5,000 specimens of Silver District vanadinite back to Philadelphia. Around 1910 an...including the Flux mine, the Mammoth mine, tbe Silver District mines (including the Red Cloud), and mines in...Gold, 3.3 and 6.8 cm, from the Santa Elena River district, Bolivar Province, Venezuela. Ex Hubert de Monmonier...Jarosite and calcite pseudomorph after ilvaite with fluorite and calcite, 9 cm, from the 1st Sovietskii mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite...Frondel 1944). The copper arsenates of the Tintic district, Utah, and of Tsumeb, Namibia, result from the...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County (fig. 1). The Longfellow mine
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cm, from the Eagle’s Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection...Bustamite, 2.7 cm, from the North mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Stretch Young collection...together by brass/gold-colored strips. 30 Figure 33. Fluorite on smoky quartz, 2.6 cm, from Frunthorn, Lake...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. a showcase
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10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe Budd photo. This...COLLECTION Schort on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...focus on certain species, initially garnet and fluorite, into a broader, more balanced collection of display-quality
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Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...‱ Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia...phenomenal aquamarine specimens from the Skardu district, Pakistan. Because of their relative importance, the
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the attention of students and collectors. Only fluorite challenges apatite in number of distinctive activators...Recently, mineral specimens from Afghanistan and Pakistan pegmatites have appeared on the market. Among...saw a 2 x 3-cm apatite crystal from Haramosh, Pakistan, that fluoresced bright yellow under shortwave...from the northern area of Nagar and from Shengus, Pakistan. Other examples include I x 2-cm yellow-fluorescing...apatite and fluorite. The apatite fluoresces yellow, the feldspar sky-blue, and the fluorite darker blue
 
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