 | | 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 (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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | 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 |  | | 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...Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo Lower...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined individual...rank with fluorite are calcite, sphalerite, fluorapatite, and diamond. This paper provides a short overview |  | | Report (issue) | | as seen in the pink and blue crystal above from Pakistan, is not uncommon. This specimen is in the collection...blue beryl on feldspar from the Northern Areas, Pakistan (upper left; collection Dudley Blauwet; photo...marker, near Sabsar, on the Gilgit to Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Collection...cm from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan Because it is associated with topaz...species including beryl. Over the past three decades Pakistan has been providing the world market a steady supply |  | | Journal (issue) | | Notes Antigorite serpentine from northwestern Pakistan|‘Black’ axinite| Beryl from Tanzania with phenakite...Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large ruby matrix...Osun State, Nigeria| Cat’s-eye väyrynenite from Pakistan|Quartzite and calcite bangles resembling jadeite|Large...COLOURED STONES Antigorite Serpentine from North-West Pakistan During the 2015 Tucson gem shows in Arizona, USA...north-west Pakistan by two different dealers. Syed Iftikhar Hussain (Syed Trading Co., Peshawar, Pakistan) donated |
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