 | | 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...aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................Richard also became charter members o f the Tualatin Valley Gem Club and the Friends of Mineralogy. Over the...surrounding valleys. To the west lies the Sacramento Valley, which drains southwest to the Colorado The Mineralogical...River near Needles. To the east is the Hualapai Valley, which drains north into the Red Lake Playa. The...end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride |  | | Report (issue) | | the safflorite-coated silver from the old Cobalt District of Ontario is a nice old-timer: identical-looking...from the Castle mine, Gowganda area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. Quebul Fine Minerals specimen...world-class anhydrite which came from the Naica district, Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, but...Kharbuzeh (also rendered “Chah Kharboze”) mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. The brilliantly red-orange... 1.4 cm, from the Shah Kharbuzeh mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Famous mineral localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 513 by D. Blauwet Minerals from Alchuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...deposits near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens |  | | 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...schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil...the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006... Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine; |  | | Journal (issue) | | up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia... Epidote, 11.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gold, 2.3 cm, from the...Australia. Tourmaline, 13 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Supplement to The Mineralogical...Trust Aquamarine, 10 cm, from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≥ An, An Province, Vietnam. Copper with...Australia. Tourmaline, 10 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Topaz, 7 cm, from the |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses") |  | | Journal (issue) | | Aquamarine beryl, 10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe...collection. Joe Budd photo. Pyrite on quartz and siderite, 8 cm, Simplon Tunnel, near Brig, Valais, Switzerland...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Francolite Pectolite P)Tophyllite Apatite \ itherite Siderite Calcite Aragonite StiJbite Heulandite Hydroboracite...diameter; these are documented from the Hackman Valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia (see Jaszczak et al. (2007)...twinned and had been purchased in Niaslo in the Basha Valley. I examined it and thought that it could possibly...find from the classic alpine cleft deposit of Alchuri. These were very red cross-hatched reticulated...dealers and he had a fine lot of adularias from Alchuri. What made these July 2007 Mineral News 7 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...and calcite and an unknown specie~ (which may be siderite) which arc included for completeness. Chalcedony...from one location. An unknown species that may be siderite has been found at a single location. Crude, chocolate-brown...abundant. This list includes Ienoblite, kolbeckite, siderite, wavcllite, cacoxenite, smithsonite, and others...of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District 13-7: 1.6-8; Minerals near Tateville. Pulaski |  | | 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) | | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...pseudomorphs, galena, crystalline tetrahedrite, dolomite, siderite, aragonite, cubic pyrite, chalcopyrite, malachite...JOAQUIM CALLEN PHOTO STONETRUST ~r/t/w KAOKOVELD DISTRICT Robert J. Bowell ' Olga Ermolina 2 Wim van der |  | | Book | | rEarth ScienceMonographs Volume б Lauf 4880 Lower Valley Road, Arglen, Pennsylvania 19310 Other Schiffer...Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Phone: (610) 593-1777; Fax:...the spectacular finds of anatase and brookite in Pakistan in the last five years, the author considers it...material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with strong backlighting...Figure 3. Faceted anatase from Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan. As with the rutile in the previous photo, the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of...Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058 Villasanta...near a side valley of the Hunza River Valley in the Nagar district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Although |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Mineralogy of the Spring Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number...and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper and...artist White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 8, 1– 9 + 12 un-numbered...III: White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 9, 113. BRIGHTON, T. (1983) |  | | Journal (issue) | | demonstrate the trichroism; from Merelani, Umba Valley, Tanzania. F. John Barlow collection; photo by...deposits of the Antelope (Majuba Hill) mining district, Pershing County, Nevada. M.S. thesis, University...face of the range bordering the upper Salmon River Valley. These faults and a vertical joint system, com... uncommon CARBONATES Bastnasite-(Ce) Calcite Siderite (Ce,La)(C03)F C aC 03 Fe2+C 0 3 3 2 3, 4, 5...Rutile Anatase Hematite Magnetite Goethite Pyrite Siderite Fayalite Cassiterite Columbite-tantalite Wodginite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Donnayite-(Y) Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Siderite Strontianite Synchysite-(Ce) VUK 11 Phosphates...aggregates 0.5-1.0 mm in size associated with analcime, siderite, calcite, pyrite and sphalerite. The Mineralogical...catapleiite, franconite, hematite, hochelagaite, siderite and calcite, whereas in the hydrothermalite pod...associated minerals are analcime, dolomite, pyrrhotite, siderite, catapleiite and pyrite in the contact-zone cavities |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . . . . . . . . ....his two brothers on a remote farm in the Mallee district of western Victoria, Australia. His tertiary education...Ghat (about 15 km east of Karad, in the Satara District). The presence of pentagonite in India was not...GRAP Y BIRCH, W. (1977) Cavansite from the Poonah district, India. Mineralogical Record, , 61–62. FRANK, |  | | Journal (issue) | | responsibility course 96 p. 168 Gem Notes Axinite from Pakistan|Cat’s-eye diaspore from Turkey|Polymerfilled star...Norway|Garnet mining in Tanzania|Kyanite from Pakistan|Black star sapphires from Liberia|Age of Myanmar...Laboratory in Kofu, Japan, covers demantoid from Pakistan, colour terminology in the gem trade, melee-size...STONES Axinite from Shigar Fort, Northern Pakistan While on a buying trip to Pakistan in October 2014, one...veins) located above Shigar Fort, a historical site on the outskirts of Shigar town. This area is the |  | | Journal (issue) | | area is basically everywhere except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping...the minerals associated with ironstones, such as siderite, quartz, millerite, galena, sphalerite, siegenite... mid Wales, northeast Wales, Derbyshire, Lake District, mid Pennines, North Pennines (classic for smithsonite)...around each of these areas, starting with the Lake District. Mention was made of the 10 ton block of smithsonite...its interesting report on Iron, the Pentyrchand District Local History Society has recently published an |  | | Book | | Prfbram, Czech Republic; neec!Jes in cavities of siderite concretions in the vicinity of Kladno, Czech Republic...known from Musonoi, Shaba, Zaire; Mbsen, Germany; siderite concretions in K.ladno, Czech Republic and from...with nickeline, nickel-skutterudite, ullmanite, siderite and other minerals. Crystals up to 100 mm (4 in)... 7 mm xx, Cobalt, Canada bismuth, nickeline, siderite, calcite and other minerals. Fine crystals are...associated with fluorapatite, wolfrarnite and siderite. Historically important were large crystals from |  | | Book | | known from Musonoi, Shaba. Zaire; Mhsen, Germany; siderite concretions in Kladno, Czech Republic and from...with nickeline, nickel-skutterudite, ullmanite, siderite and other minerals. Crystals up to 100 mm (4 in)... 7 mm xx. Cobalt. Canada bismuth, nickeline, siderite, calcite and other minerals. Fine crystals arc...occurred associated with fluorapaute, wolframite and siderite. Historically important were large crystals from...Norway: large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...passed through a narrow valley with many banana and orange trees. As the valley THE LOCALITY: SETTING...houses. At an elevation of 800 meters a hanging valley began, and what had been the good asphalt road...outcrops of granite. From the sides of the hanging valley itself—to the extent that one could see through...500 meters along a trail, up into a little side valley. Here, enormous amounts of rubble, consisting of |  | | Book | | chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite), helvite, siderite, tourmaline, and others. Quartz is an obvious...anderem 1,5 cm großer Fadenquarz aus Waziristan, Pakistan, mit bei bestimmter Beleuchtung gut sichtbaren...Primärkristalls. 1.5 cm string quartz from Waziristan, Pakistan. In special illumination, the prism planes of...pyrite, sphalerite, hematite, calcite, dolomite, siderite and garnet are kn own from the herkimer quartz...cross-sections from the Subpolar Ural and the Himalayas (Pakistan and Nepal). The phenomenon of tubular voids in |  | | Book | | Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257... A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The Fat...24:67 Famous mineral local.ities: the Rush Creek district, Marion County, Arkansas (by D. A. Richards) 24:285-299...E. Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza |
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