 | | 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) | | Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced by a purple or green...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes...(1968); Kunz (1884); Pegau (1929) 10 Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, NM, USA Intrusive into metamorphic...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | Journal (issue) | | scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo...cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Celestine..._~__, Apatite on feldspar, 8.6 cm, from Bulachi, Pakistan. Under shortwave ultraviolet light (top right)...18.5 cm, from the Frazer's Hush mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Durham, England. Right: Under longwave |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Virtuous Lady mine, in the Tavistock district, Devon, where it also occurs as encrustation pseudomorphs;...Treak Cliff, at Castleton, in the Kinderscout district of Derbyshire, England (Webster and Anderson 1983)...the Caravia-Berbes district, the La Collada district, and the Arlós-Villabona district—each with distinctive...(Baveno is particularly famous for both) as well as albite and quartz. The Brosso mine, Léssolo, Torino Province...cm are known. The associations of smoky quartz, albite, and orthoclase (variety adularia), either singly |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride...is gener ally at a stand-still throughout the district. The town of Cerbat played a lively role in the...the Cerbat M ountains and the Wallapai Mining District is extremely complex and beyond the scope of this...mine. DINGS, M. G. (1951) The Wallapai mining district, Cerbat Moun tains, Mohave County, Arizona. U |  | | Report (issue) | | muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection...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...on albite (longwave (UVA) light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen. The feature...aquamarine and albite, 18.2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen...type of elegant, clean, gem crystal that has made Pakistan famous. Figure 11. Brookite and quartz, 6.4 cm...cm high, from Dalbundi, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. I like the way the classic zoning...muscovite, 14.5 cm high, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This |  | | Journal (issue) | | Liddicoatite and elbaite crystals to 3.5 cm, with albite, from Forcel Rosso, Adamello massif, central Alps... 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...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 ...TOPAZ on quartz with albite, 11 cm, from Nyet Bruk, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Roberto Appiani photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Spodumene, variety kunzite, crystal with quartz on albite, 15.0 × 12.5 cm, from the Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan...muscovite, 18 × 13 cm, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Bonisoli specimen 5727...doubly terminated crystal, 16 × 7 cm, from the Pech district, Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli...Elbaite, variety indicolite, 10-cm crystal with albite, 10.0 × 8.5 cm, from Paprok mine, Nuristan, Afghanistan...quartz, and albite, 8.0 × 5.5 cm, from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Bonisoli |  | | Journal (issue) | | /Tiffany Connection By Vivien Gomitz The Cerrillos District, around 20 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico...sufficed to stimulate a turquoise boom in the district, soon erasing the memory of the earlier disappointing...was one of the most productive m the Cerrillos district. But as with many mines, its heyday was shortlived...H., 1995a. Turquoise Mining History-Cerrillos District Turquoise Mining History. New Mexico Abandoned...:00 p.m. and began the forty-five minute drive to Nagar proper. We backtracked for about twenty minutes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....amazonite crystal groups ever found, as well as albite, smoky quartz, goethite, fluorite, and many rare...Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of...specimens of associated jahnsite, goyazite, quartz, albite and lepidolite. Richard A. Kosnar died on January... Pink Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small...find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm, Acushnet quarry... Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dark, stepped-growth crystals of muscovite with albite, 2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland...8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...are 2–3 cm across, and are associated with beryl, albite, and quartz. Plumose muscovite has been found at...rosettelike habit. Associated minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire...muscovite. One in the collection is associated with albite and has stepped-growth muscovites to 4 cm across |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the new structure in a manner befitting the arts district. True to form, the interior consists entirely...England and Germany, and rarities from Tsumeb and Pakistan. Quite a few of Marc Weill’s specimens ended up...Pseudomalachite, 18.7 × 15.0 × 15.5 cm, from the Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic...× 22.4 cm, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza River Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gail and Jim Spann...dealers, especially on trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, they were renowned for the unique, large, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne (1986). Figure 12. Fluorapatite with albite and muscovite, 6.1 cm, from the Golconda mine,...January–February, 2023 Figure 13. Spessartine on Albite, 14 cm, from the Navegadora claim, Penha do Norte...31. Elbaite, 9.2 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson...scepter crystal, 7.5 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson... Figure 47. Elbaite, 4.9 cm, from the Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This crystal shows |  | | Report (issue) | | Union & DMITRI BELAKOVSKJ China BY GUANGHUA LIU Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET Fluorite from Japan BY YOSHIRO... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Right: Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur |  | | Journal (issue) | | “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...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from... 11.2 cm, from the La Viesca mine, La Collada district, Asturias, Spain. Supplement to the Mineralogical |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April....2007 Topaz Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Mardon District, Pakistan 6.4 cm; Bright pink topaz may well be the |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...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...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11 |  | | Journal (issue) | | the only active underground mine in the Kambalda District today. , ' > . ., ' ' I , .. , /' ' ' , ......the only active underground mine in the Kambalda District today. It lies on the crest of the Kambalda Dome...Location of the Beta Hunt mine in the Kambalda District. ■ f Salt Lake Toll Mills Jubilee Gold Figure...found with the fluorite include quartz, chlorite, albite, calcite, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and...and cerussite. Figure 10. A twinned, colorless albite crystal (1.7 mm) in a lype 2 vein from Larkin's |  | | Catalog/List | | 72002 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality... 72004 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic...72005 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold...72006 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat... 72011 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA There is |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It...12:00 PM CT 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...visit HA.com/5168 52005 TALMESSITE Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Continues on page 2) Part II: A Difficult Trip to Pakistan Dudley Blauwet PO Box 302 Louisville, Colorado...near the major brookite deposit in the Kharan district in Baluchistan. It took hard bargaining to produce...www.mzexpos.com August 2006 Mineral News 3 Pakistan Mineral Trip (Continued from page I) Our Badakhshan...dealers whom I have known from my first trip to Pakistan appeared with 6-8 boxes in tow. I remember him...unwrapped was a fine lot of tourmaline with white albite matrix. The tourmalines had a very dark base, with |
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