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Elbaite from
Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ15 photos of Elbaite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Albiteⓘ12 photos of Elbaite associated with Albite at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ11 photos of Elbaite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ10 photos of Elbaite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Schorlⓘ4 photos of Elbaite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Microclineⓘ3 photos of Elbaite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Berylⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Gosheniteⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Goshenite at this locality.
Hambergiteⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Hambergite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69026
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69026:5
GUID (UUID V4):bb335852-99d1-4760-983a-274275885929
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘBulochi, Drot Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘDrot Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘChamachhu Pegmatites, Chamachhu, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘStak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘRaikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘAstore Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘNyet, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
72.3km (44.9 miles) ⓘChhappu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
73.0km (45.4 miles) ⓘKashmal pegmatites, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
73.5km (45.7 miles) ⓘMir Malik, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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currently producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...variety morganite, with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
United States are from pegmatites of the Amelia district, Amelia County, Virginia (Sinkankas 1959, 1997)...in the Brown Derby pegmatite in the Ohio Creek district, Gunnison County. Roberts and Rapp (1965) describe...John Betts photo. (Northrop 1959). In the Petaca district it is known in crystalline aggregates to 60 cm...Yttrian spessartine occurs in the Elk Mountain district of San Miguel County. Small, though gemmy, spessartine...Hercules and Little Three mines in the Ramona district (Fisher 2002). In addition to sharply developed
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from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå 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...Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline
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...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo...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;
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276). Roberto Appiani photo. Liddicoatite and elbaite crystals to 3.5 cm, with albite, from Forcel Rosso... 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 ...mine, Panasqueira, Portugal. Jeff Scovil photo. ELBAITE two 9-cm doubly terminated crystals from the Himalaya
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...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...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
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8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...with crystals to 5 cm across; the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, where some muscovite crystals...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment... erals he was able to collect was astounding: elbaite, smoky quartz, spodumene cleavages, the cleavelandite...struck a chord with me. Other mines in the Pala district that have produced musco- Downloaded by [National
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spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, lepidolite, elbaite, cassiterite, columbite, apatite, eucryptite, muscovite...Taquaral district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Large crystals from the Shengus, Skardu, and Gilgit districts...districts, Pakistan. At Nilaw, Nuristan district, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Additional minor occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of eosphorite from Chamachhu (Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan) 2+ [(Mn2+ 0.94Fe 0.06Al0.01)Σ1.01AlPO4(OH1...of Chamachhu (Changmachhu), Skardu district, Baltistan, Pakistan, was used for this study. The sample...of Chamachhu, 10 km east of Shengus, along the Indus River on the Gilgit-Skardu road (Blauwet et al....represented by muscovite, lepidolite, spessartine, elbaite, topaz, beryl (gem aquamarine and morganite), pollucite...the mineral localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record, 28, 183–200. Busing, W
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cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection, Jeff Scovil...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...light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col lection, Joe
Journal (issue)
Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...produced fine mineral specimens, most notably pink elbaite “mushrooms” and huge euhedral petalite crystals...superb specimens showing stout, lustrous, gemmy red elbaite crystals clustered on matrix with quartz and feldspar...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon “sole governor”
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 Kintore...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
Journal (issue)
F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron...“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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NALA PEGMATITE, NANGA PARBAT – HARAMOSH MASSIF, PAKISTAN: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Frank C. HAWTHORNE§...Haramosh massif at Stak Nala, 70 km east of Gilgit, Pakistan. It is transparent, pale yellow (with a tinge...Nanga Parbat – Haramosh massif, Stak Nala, Gilgit, Pakistan. Introduction The granitic pegmatites at...at Stak Nala, Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan, belong to the LCT (Li– Cs–Ta) family, with characteristics...characteristics transitional between the elbaite and lepidolite subtypes, and overtones of the miarolitic
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vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...early lead mines in the Upper Mississippi Valley district (Mineral Point and others). The animal which appears...ranges in the southern part of the Lake Superior District (the Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic, Cuyuna, Gunflint...Deposition of iron formations in the Lake Superior District ended abruptly 1850 million years ago, suspiciously...to the formation of the famous Michigan Copper District), the Gogebic Range was faulted and tilted nearly
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Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature Specimen: Elbaite from the Cruzeiro...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...14.1 cm, Pioneer mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; D: Elbaite, 8.9 cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego...‱ 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
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by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan....................species will be inevitable; for instance, the Pakistan pegmatites covered here have also yielded superb...A. McCrillis) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 14-21.] Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Eichholz’s translation, 1971) “Caria” is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The In­ dian stones
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collection. Joe Budd photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil;...Eitler collection; Joe Budd photo. (upper right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California;...10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe Budd photo. This...on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira mine, Sao Jose...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite
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St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany. (5) Elbaite, 2.5 cm, from Sarapulka, 12 km from Mursinka, Ural...cm, from the Eagle’s 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...Mineralogical Record, November–December, 2022 Figure 34. Elbaite, 2.8 cm, from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Sicily...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum
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where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was...and 1889 he shipped 5,000 specimens of Silver District vanadinite back to Philadelphia. Around 1910 an...including the Flux mine, the Mammoth mine, tbe Silver District mines (including the Red Cloud), and mines in...Gold, 3.3 and 6.8 cm, from the Santa Elena River district, Bolivar Province, Venezuela. Ex Hubert de Monmonier...6.5 cm, from the Morenci mine, Copper Mountain district, Greenlee County, Arizona. Dale Armstrong photo
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pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado Are all things beautiful...beryls, corundums, and tourmalines (particularly elbaite) because of their colors and transparency, the...north orebody of the Longfellow mine, Red Mountain district, San Juan County, Colorado. Specimen is 2.5 cm...sedimentary-hosted lead-zinc deposits of the Tri-State district in the United States. It is known to replace pyrite...Frondel 1944). The copper arsenates of the Tintic district, Utah, and of Tsumeb, Namibia, result from the
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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...(Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in the early...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock
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undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli for...producing some of the world’s finest specimens of elbaite, kunzite spodumene, morganite beryl, and several...together with similar pegmatites in nearby regions of Pakistan, have perhaps been the most important new specimen-producing...variety, quality and size of their gemmy crystals of elbaite and beryl, as well as their crystallized specimens...volume 48, September–October, 2017 Afghanistan and Pakistan. These informants have visited many of the deposits
 
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