 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals include microcline, smoky quartz, and fluorite as centimeter-sized crystals. Other genthelvite...batholith are Crystal Park, Cookstove Mountain (Stove Mountain), Saint Peters Dome, and Mount Rosa (Raines...(Raines 2001). From Cookstove Mountain, Glass and Adams (1953) described a reddish-brown 5.5-cm pseudo-octahedron...the rhombic dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated...(microcrystals), and at Moat Mountain in Conway, Carroll County; at North Sugarloaf Mountain in Bethlehem, Grafton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zagi Mountain Northwest Frontier Province Pakistan Herbert Obodda Box 51 Short Hills NJ 07078 Peter Leavens...Newark DE 19716 Zagi Mountain and related sites near Peshawar on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan...the fierce heat I found when I arrived in Peshawar, Pakistan was truly shocking. It had been only a month...half my lifetime! Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North West Frontier Province, was the first stop...northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, the latter country lying only 30 miles to the west, over the Khyber Pass |  | | Journal (issue) | | sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite...matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Supplement |  | | Book (volume) | | the opening of our gallery in the Chelsea Art District of NYC. Presenting fine minerals among the worldâs...48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, 46 Oaksaungtaung...Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite) Char Band, Kharan Dist., Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb...Bastnaesite (on Calcite) Zagi Mountain, Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Pakistan, 63 Beryl (see also Aquamarine...Calcite Egremont, Cumberland, England, 50 (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee, 57 Zhao Tong |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ........... 187 by L. Ohman... Nysten, and J. Langhof Zagi Mountain, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan ....... . ....... 205 by...BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...certainty from the mid-14th century, making this district one of the oldest in Sweden. Though the mine was...one of the oldest parts of the Riddarhyttan ore district, was mainly mined for copper during the 18th century |  | | 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...providing research and information. From his office in Peshawar, Shafiee enlisted the help of his many contacts |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Midwest Federation (1940), and the Rocky Mountain Federation (1941). One of the early thumbnail...cm, from the Eagleâs 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...from the Kombat mine, southern area of the Otavi Mountain Land, 37 km east of Otavi, Namibia. Ralph Clark...from the Kombat mine, southern area of the Otavi Mountain Land, 37 km east of Otavi, Namibia. Ex John Barlow |  | | Catalog/List | | the rarer Zeolites Malegaon near Nashik, Nashik District ,Maharashtra India lxl.5 inches ÂŁ25 2 TRILITHIONITE...about 9mm across an 2mm thick Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakistan ÂŁ40 28 ACTINOLITE attractive pure...crystal, 18mm x 5mm Ipira, Bahia Brazil ÂŁ12 - 41 FLUORITE complete octahedral cle~v~ge, ~k_gr_~~n an_d _qansl11...Zhanjiang Guangdong China 4 inches long. ÂŁ25 73 74 FLUORITE purple octahedral crystals 8mm to 1.5cm as an...blue-green coating on 2cm Gortdrum Mine Ireland ÂŁ3 FLUORITE pale green cleavage about lxlinch lgashima Mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Pala International specimen. I have seen a lot of aquamarines from Pakistan, but on...really appeals to me in this shot. Figure 8. Fluorite, 17.6 cm wide, from Chaine des Aravis, Mt. Blanc...University] at 02:21 11 October 2014 Figure 11. Fluorite, quartz, and pyrite, 6 cm high, from Le Burg,...crystals to 1.8 cm, from Mulla Gora, Zagi Mountain, Khyber Agency, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen specimen. It is...8 cm high, from Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; Green Mountain Minerals specimen. Although I have |  | | Journal (issue) | | Illinois to take teaching jobs. Illinois was Fluorite Country, and specimens in those days were abundant...the University of Michigan, and collected green fluorite near Madoc, Ontario. On a trip to Kentucky, they...famous local collector who specialized in great fluorite specimens and introduced them to fluorescent minerals...Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines June 21-25, 2023 TEN3 (Theater) Fluorite, 15 cm Tujetsch, Surselva, Switzerland Rudolf...a collecting trip to Rockhound Gulch on Denny Mountain in King County, Washington, where the two collected |  | | Journal (issue) | | simpler and more familiar terms throughout. The Muzo district, centered about 8 km west of the town of Muzo...production of emeralds). Other mines in the Muzo district cited by various sources include the La Chapa...About 100 km southeast of the Muzo district is the Chivor district, higher in elevation than Muzo and...El Diamante and Los Cruzes mines in the Chivor district as well, but Schafer (1984) lumps these three...town of Borbur on the eastern edge of the Muzo district. At lower altitudes the area's climate is tropical |  | | Journal (issue) | | and one-of-a-kind pieces. But the little mining district shows no signs of shutting down, and collectors...municipality of Tragoss-Sankt Katharein, in the district ofBruck-Miirzzuschlag, in the north-central part... with a little more than 200 inhabitants. The district encompasses three mines: the Wiesergut (or Wieser)...River in Styria (Steiermark) Province. Inset: Styria (Steiermark) Province in Austria. gravel and road...politics, he turned his attention to natural history, mountain climbing, hunting, and mineral collecting, chiefly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | such as Bayan Obo, China (Smith et al., 1999) and Mountain Pass, USA (Castor, 2008). They are also found...bastnĂ€site-(Ce) and parisite-(Ce) crystals from the Zagi Mountain, Pakistan, and a parisite-(Ce) crystal from the Muzo...and parisite-(Ce) crystals from Pakistan are from the Zagi Mountain and the other parisite-(Ce) crystal...from the Muzo mine, Colombia. Parisite-(Ce) from Pakistan contains appreciable bastnĂ€site-(Ce). Parisite-(Ce)...Location Zagi Mountain Muzo Zagi Mountain Zagi Mountain Pakistan Colombia Pakistan Pakistan Nr. CaO |  | | Report (issue) | | the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa. Dan Carlson specimen; Jeff Scovil...Spessartine from Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World...villages of Soghan and Bagha Borsch in Kerman Province, 6 Iran. The cat's-eye is caused by oriented...Schorlomite from Bou-Agrao Mountain in the High Atlas Mountains, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tajilalet Region...uranium-vanadium deposit of the Sandy Mine in the Laguna District, New Mexico, is the type locality for goldmanite |  | | Journal (issue) | | net MARCHâAPRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................Cliffs of Colorado; and he collected calcite, fluorite, and associated minerals at the Elmwood mine in...Tasmania, dioptase at Altyn Tyube in Kazakhstan, fluorite at the Xianghualing mine in China, red grossular...adams@aero.org Bonanza silver ore made the Candelaria District one of Nevadaâs largest silver producers in the...whiteite-(CaMgMg). INTRODUCTION The Candelaria district is located in southeastern Mineral County, along |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................................. 45 CHINESE FLUORITE Berthold Ottens ................................Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil specimen; Jeff Scovil photo...localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...of Tonglushan, near the city of Daye in Hubei Province, have revealed important historical information...being put into practice (Sommerlatte, 1985). The province of Yunnan, in the southwestern part of the Chinese |  | | Journal (issue) | | Westward Look Room 229, February 02 -06, 2023 Fluorite, 15 cm Tujetsch, Surselva, Switzerland Rudolf...and amygdaloids) identified in the Lake Superior District. One of the most economically and mineralogically...copper deposit. Many mineral specimens from the district have lost their provenance and can no longer be...industrial mining efforts in the Lake Superior District. Native American mining, starting as early as...early success brought much-needed capital to the district which allowed for the discovery and development |  | | Book | | MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Maderanertal drainage flows west-southwest from a mountain massif to join the Reuss River at the town of...attacking it once again as a blizzard began on the mountain, Isseponi lay down on the freezing ground and...Kukisvumchorr Mountain, and plates to 1 meter are known from Poachvumchorr (Evseev, 1995a). Vavnbed Mountain, Lovozero...Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula. Vavnbed Mountain is the source of the large, lustrous, rich brown zircon |  | | Journal (issue) | | Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA TOM SPANN PHOTO â â lN'flERNA]L...Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V INTRODUCTION...historical events before 1920, we will use the older district name of Schemnitz in accordance with the literature...time, whereas for events after 1920 the modem district name of Banska Stiavnica will be used, bearing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gem Notes Amethyst from Brazil|Beryllonite from Pakistan|Apache Blue Stone from Arizona, USA| Yellow Tianhuang...Ethiopia|Tourmaline from Mwajanga and Simanjiro District, Tanzania|Alluvial diamond mining in South Africa|...pyrite and rhodochrosite inclusions|Quartz from Pakistan with biotite and actinolite inclusions|HPHT synthetic...Laurs FGA and Nathan D. Renfro Beryllonite from Pakistan Beryllonite (NaBePO4) is an uncommon mineral that...for faceting and use in gently worn Figure 4: Pakistan is the source of this beryllonite, which weighs |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International P. O. Box 302...small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens of zoisite...article. INTRODUCTION The Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A hot June night, streets teeming and pulsing...from militants. Every local mountain person with whom we spoke in Peshawar refused to travel through the |  | | Journal (issue) | | spinel deposit of An Phu, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225...12th level of the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Colorado in 1914 (see âThe Cresson Vug, Cripple...1998. Wayne Thompson had bought this piece in Pakistan in 1993 and sold it to Horner. Jeff Scovil photo...near the Fazenda Dardanelos, in Barra de CuietĂ© district, 5 km from the town of Conselheiro Pena. Only...well-known emerald locality in Habachtal and the fluorite-producing mines of the Achselalm in Hollersbachtal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....MarchâApril, 2005 Miners from throughout the Tri-State District brought him specimens which he bought for the...Mineral Localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District Colorado Carl R. Carnein Associate Professor of...Geology Museum Golden, CO 80401 The Cripple Creek District, discovered in 1891 by Cowboy Bob Womack, was...mines, making it the third most productive gold district in the history of the United States. At least |  | | Journal (issue) | | Valley fog and the Tourmaline Queen Mine on Queen Mountain, as seen from the Oceanview Mine. M. Mauthner...specimen. 585 m high Tourmaline Queen or Queen Mountain. It is located 2.7 km to the north of Pala and...International, Inc., became involved in the Pala mining district when Ed Swoboda purchased the Stewart Lithia,...economics forced us to make the necessary move up the mountain. After much talking and planning, Ed arranged...operations, both small and large, present on the same mountain. The best known are the Tourmaline King Mine and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Quartz, 12 cm, from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. FrĂ©dĂ©ric Escaut specimen and photo (courtesy...above the title, representing the country, state, province or city in which the locality is situated. Occasionally...daughters to a religious community in the Dutch province of Friesland, then later to Amsterdam. There she |
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Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan