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Quartz from
Wana, Lower South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Town District
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smectite Group16 photos of Quartz associated with Smectite Group at this locality.
Brookite7 photos of Quartz associated with Brookite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Apatite1 photo of Quartz associated with Apatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wana, Lower South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (19 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1613527
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1613527:3
GUID (UUID V4):f94bb79c-3edb-457e-9552-720195d716fa
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
59.5km (36.9 miles) Barzai, Shuidar Mt area, Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
91.3km (56.7 miles) Tor Kade Khel, Saidgi Mt area, Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
Jose Zendrera CollectionIdentified by José Zendrera: Visual Identification
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
Development Corporation ( F A T A D C ) , Peshawar, Pakistan 2Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitdt...Excellence in Geology, University o f Peshawar, Pakistan Abstract: A 1 : 500 000 scale geological map covering...tribal areas of Kurram and of North and South Waziristan in Pakistan, where the map is based on unpublished...Cretaceous-Palaeocene Kabul-Altimur and Zhob-Waziristan-Khost ophiolite complexes. The Himalayan collision...proposed for six units in the Spinghar and South Waziristan. These units are the Daradar Dolomite, Spinghar
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stratigraphic succession, Western Himalaya, North Pakistan: Detrital zircon provenance and tectonic implications...Information Technology, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 4 Karakorum International University...Gilgit‐Baltistan, Pakistan 5 Department of Geology, University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan...Information Technology, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Email: qasimtanoli@itpcas.ac.cn; qasimtanoli@ciit...exposed in the Hazara Basin, Western Himalaya, North Pakistan. This time span represents the break‐up of the
Report (issue)
Stratigraphy of the Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Areas, Pakistan GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in...Geological Survey of Pakistan, under the auspices of the Government of Pakistan and the Agency for International... Stratigraphy of the Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Areas, Pakistan By WILLIAM R. HEMPHILL, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY OF PAKISTAN GEOLOGICAL GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY IN PROFESSIONAL PAKISTAN PAPER 716-B...Geological Survey of Pakistan, under the auspices of the Government of Pakistan and the Agency for International
Book
Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within
Journal (issue)
Mine, Inyo County, California Paul M. Adams 126 South Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo Beach, California 90277...Mazourka Canyon Road east from Route 395, j ust south oflndependence. After about 4 miles, on the right...washout; a five day wait for 30 Kg of fine alpine quartz, but the owner had di sappeared. Burma (Myanmar)...ut tho ug ht tha t leaving on a 20 hour trip to Pakistan immed iately after the race. including two long...Kunar Province, Afgha ni stan. Anothe r Afg h,:ni had j ust a rrived from Bada khshan Province a nd had
Journal (issue)
Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part I) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...(Continues on page 3) ----2 Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) And this is where I come...journey up the rugged Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Pakistan with more mental baggage than one should normally...season in the mountains. It is Ramadan to boot.( In Pakistan and Afghanistan they spell and pronounce it Rama=a11with...then sleep hard on the early morning jaunt to Pakistan. The 1st ofNo,·ember da,vned clear and cool, a
Journal (issue)
lorandile, calcite, realgar, orpiment, flu orite, quartz. stibnite, s tibiconite, s ulfur and othe r species...and frequently found attached to lorandite and quartz replaced host rock. (Continues o n page 3) 2...that has been a prolific source of dioptase on quartz w ith plancheite. The few specime ns I saw indicate...and I wonder Helvite crystals to 8 mm on 14 cm quartz matrix whether it is an from Navegador Mine, Conselheiro...crystals rang ing from 5 10 9 cm red elbaite on 16 cm quartz from over 20 cm. It is equally Pederneira Mine
Book (volume)
Tourmaline with Quartz) Sao Jose de Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil, 65 (with “Faden” Quartz) Toyee, near Wana, Waziristan...Waziristan, Pakistan, 20 Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India, 44 Aquamarine Pioniera Mine, Teofilo...Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 4 (with Schorl), 54 Azurite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb...inclusions on Copper) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu...Michigan, 17 (with Calcite) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Catalog/List
LUDLAMITE 6mm green crystal and crystalline area o~ quartz, sphalerite, pyrite. Over~ll about 1cm area of...octahedral crystals about 1cm to 5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco,Peru)...black fine grained granular mass 2x2x2.5 Rustenberg South Africa £10 MINIUM orange areas, clearly visible...large 2x3 inch St Gotthard Switzerland £18 FADEN QUARTZ, faden means a thread in German, and this piece...piece is a very flat, double terminated clear quartz crystal about 2.5 inches long and 1,5 inches across
Catalog/List
markets and shows. Kevin attended the University of South Alabama where he studied art (including sculpture...in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...Some of his favorite memories are of collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite...this Che Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake...is a good that met every sized one plate of quartz of those qualities Cry stals w th large This
Report (issue)
Between Tethys and the Interior of the Gondwanaland Province of Pangea J. J. Veevers Australian Plate Research...between Tethys and the interior of the Gondwanaland province of Pangea / J.J. Veevers and R.C. Tewari. p. cm...Between Tethys and the Interior of the Gondwanaland Province of Pangea ABSTRACT Deposition in the Gondwana...Tethyan margin and interior of the Gondwanaland province of Pangea. Gondwana deposition ceased with the...the north, Kamthi to Bhimaram Formations in the south). Renewed faulting toward the end of the Mid¬ dle
Catalog/List
Norway) rich cleavages in quartz 2x2.5 £ 12 b) large 1x2 area on 2x2 quartz £9 9. BERYL in pegmatite...crystals. Quite attractive near Yunxiao, Fujian Province China £25 3.5 X I inch 12. BOURNONITE good coverage...ilmenite with quartz: Unusual location piece collected in the J960's Bjordammen, near Kragero South Norway A)...crystals too. Palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa large lx2 £12 25. RUIZITE fairly sparse red-brown...matrix, nice lustre 2xl.5 £12 Mibladen Morocco 31. QUARTZ a Japan law twin i.e. the two crystals form an
Catalog/List
ilmenite with quartz. Unusual location piece collected in the I 960's Bjordammen, near Kragero South Norway...green Clinoch!ore. Pabbora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa lx2 £10 28. RUIZITE fairly sparse, red-brown...Norway) rich cleavages in quartz 2x2.5 £12 b) large lx2 area on 2x2 quartz £9 32. BARYTES cut and polished... nice lustre 2xl .5 Morocco £12 Mibladen 34. QUARTZ a Japan law twin i.e. the two crystals form an...one of the crystals has a 8mm double terminated quartz perched on it too. Good small display piece Crown
Catalog/List
SUPPLEMENT 2005 ' / TELLURITE good yellow coating on quartz with a thin vein of Native Tellurium down one side...all covered with small quartz crystals (there is some iron staining of the quartz) 2x3 £15 lx2.5 £5 Lockridge...PHARMACOSIDERITE green micro crystals in cavities in quartz, Islington Devon) Ix½ £4 magnification needed...Sparse. Malo-Bystrinkoye, Sludyanka, Irkutsk District, Russia) £5 GALENA octahedral grey crystals from...octahedral crystals about 1cm to 5mm size, with minor quartz and pyrite. ( Huaron Mine, cerro de Pasco ,Peru)
Catalog/List
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...‘normal’ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...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
Journal (issue)
Basha Valley SK Trail Race A Fall buying trip to Pakistan, and assorted running tales Dudley Blauwet Mountain...December 9, 2002 In recent years, every trip to Pakistan has been beset by problems, ranging from the Afghan...actu ally began there. The German Ambassador 10 Pakistan has an interest in minerals, and readily handed...uorite (to 1.5") 0 11 a 4" do ubly te rm inated quartz, fres h from Nagar. 1also purc hased a love ly...two pieces, l saw only n vo more maJor pieces in Pakistan: a 2 112 " pink dodecahedron with aqua crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
:— (A) A small area in the neighbourhood of Tin Wana or Tin Nouana. (B) A small area in the neighbourhood...area extending in a N.N.W—S.S.E. direction, from south-west of Tadent to Tadera. (D) A long narrow area...made a collection of rocks and fossils in Air, South Central Sahara. In a paper on this collection by...TTadera Tarazit lferuan»B \ «* Auderas • Agadesr •ATin-Wana Biirpm IS' Lake/" • ^ \ Mrfe$ 100 1 . 1...route map. Rocks from the Sahara. 365 found quartz pebbles, liver-coloured friable sandstone, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Gondwana and western part of Eastern Gond wana, as well as the western part of the Ur paleocontinent...example, we identify Early– Middle Proterozoic, Lower–Middle Paleozoic, and other metallogenic epochs...wide development of gran ite–greenstone zones (South Africa, Western Austra lia, Ukraine, and others)...Indostan cratons, eocratons of the basements of the South American, African, and Western Australian platforms...within a sequence of interlayers and lenses of quartz, various (biotite, amphibole, pyroxene and others)
Catalog/List
Pit St Austell Cornwall Dark grey massive with quartz Rich, jelly-like white to pale yellowish on matrix...Benjamin Hill, Sonora, Mexico Rich red mass in quartz with possible micro crystals lx1/, £5 Pb Fe OH...■■ POLDERVAARTITE N'Chwanwing 11 mine, Kuruman,South Africa Fawn crystal group, looks like a bow tie...India Rich dark brown cleavages/crystal sections in quartz Pure orange cleavage mass, Fluorescent yellow Ca... North Sweden 1030 ■■ RHODOCHROSITE Catamarca Province, Argentina rich fine-grained grey mass, possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GONl)WANA AND ASIA 568 Sakoli Metallsgexay: n ~x~~~~~~ of Yre-G renvilliawl Metal Province from Central...sulphide mineralisation occur in the SG: (a) the quartz vein related, stockwork and stringery Cu Au sulphide...volcanic footwall (zinc r;ltio =74.36) is somewhat lower but in the same range of zinc rdtio of 83 €or rhyolite-dacites...mineralisation (ca.1850 +_ 1 2 Ma) is associated with quartz f sulphides f carbonate veins in the stockwork...deposits in the I)rotcrozoi( Snltoli Group, Nagpur district, Central India Proceeduigs of the eighth quadrennial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy ......................614 Nuristan Province........................................616 Mawi...Pegmatite Field ......................... 656 Kunar Province ............................................658...undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli for...together with similar pegmatites in nearby regions of Pakistan, have perhaps been the most important new specimen-producing...of the pegmatites are simple, consisting only of quartz, feldspars and micas; others are zoned, with a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
includingspilitization,chloritization,silicification, and epidote-quartz alteration.Andesites havewhole-rock•O valuesof...zone(Ikinguraet al., 1989),theZn-Pb-CuKidd tion of district-scale to mineralization. Our oxygenisotopestudyconcenCreek...• , • • Granite orGranodiorite -,, .• Fault km Quartz diorite togabbro ß Cu - Zn deposits Rhyolite ß...massive sulfidedeposits. GeologicSetting grade is lower greenschistfaciesand the rocksare characterized...assemblage albite-chlorite-sericite-actinolite-epidote-quartz. The volcanicsequence strikesnorthwest-southeast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits through deep crustal hot zone melting PT Bo Wana, b, c*, Chen Denga, c, Ali Najafd, Navid Hezarehd...Gpa) juvenile dominated (>70% mantle contribution) lower crust, and the ore-bearing rocks are sourced from... AC be related to ore-enriched sources at the lower crust. A deep crustal hot zone with melting at different...upwelling and generates abnormal heat flow in the lower crust. The porphyry mineralization is an indication...the balancing between the melting of thickened lower crust and mantle upwelling, which explains the rarity
Report (chapter)
extension. Further south in the Palu valley, extension is directed towards the south and SW, along with...In the central and northern Palu valley, to the south, it occurred before 5 –3.5 Ma. The timing and orientation...flow (Langille et al. 2010), in the Himalayas. Lower- to mid-crustal rocks in which these processes occur...Palu-Koro fault of central Sulawesi is an active, north–south-trending high strain rate sinistral strike-slip...Palu, and of Sukido et al. (1993) for the area south of Palu and west of the fault valley, with small
 
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