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


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spessartine103 photos of Quartz associated with Spessartine at this locality.
Albite95 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality.
Schorl58 photos of Quartz associated with Schorl at this locality.
Muscovite27 photos of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Aquamarine22 photos of Quartz associated with Aquamarine at this locality.
Microcline19 photos of Quartz associated with Microcline at this locality.
Topaz19 photos of Quartz associated with Topaz at this locality.
Elbaite15 photos of Quartz associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Feldspar Group14 photos of Quartz associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Fluorite10 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69027
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69027:4
GUID (UUID V4):e22ec82c-99c2-4475-949a-29684311dae2
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
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
14.7km (9.1 miles) Sassi, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
16.4km (10.2 miles) Hanuchal, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
19.0km (11.8 miles) Dache, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
20.3km (12.6 miles) Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
29.7km (18.4 miles) Khaltaro, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
32.7km (20.3 miles) Raikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
38.0km (23.6 miles) Rondu, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 2.55 cm tall x 3.2 cm...calcite. 14 Africa Liddicoatite Tourmaline with Quartz Anjanbonoina, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar 7...extreme rarity. This rubellite red liddicoatite and quartz was mined in 2018. It was part of a small pocket...Africa 17 AT L A S Malkhan, RU Dara-e-Pech, AF Shengus, PK Qinglong, CN A journey through Asia begins...steep walls, and rivers form a mountain ranges in Pakistan, a trek through one of formidable natural obstacle
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
Catalog/List
WINTER 2021 4461_txt.indd 5 5 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong... 4461_txt.indd 8 1/18/21 11:02 AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene... Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2 cm...surrounded by lustrous black tourmalines and clear quartz crystals. It is rare to have these three species...14 1/18/21 11:02 AM Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky
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 (article/letter/editorial)
apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the former, and bixbyite, topaz, sanidine, and...massive spessartine and relatively small crystals in quartz matrix occur at Jail Hill near Haddam, Connecticut...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...occurs just east of the main cut at the Scott Rose Quartz mine southeast of Custer. Roberts and Rapp (1965)
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...the term "topaz" in reference to the olivines, quartz, and other Topaz crystals can be extraordinarily...Moreover, gold-color quartz ("citrine") is often labeled "topaz quartz" and brown, smoky quartz is sold as "smoky...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...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)
of muscovite with quartz, 6.8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County...across, and are associated with beryl, albite, and quartz. Plumose muscovite has been found at the Smith...minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire, the Chandler quarry,...minerals include albite, fluorapatite, beryl, and quartz, to name but a few. Also in Grafton County is the...rosettes, associated with fluorapatite, albite, and quartz have come from here. The Strickland quarry, Portland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
asymmetric uplift of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalya By PETER J. TRELOAR, London, GRAHAM J...as the Ladakh complex, whereas to the west, in Pakistan, it is known as the Kohistan complex. The island...(TRELOAR et al., 1989a). Himalayan collision in North Pakistan was thus effectively between the island arc complex... lO0 o 200 km o Geological map of northern Pakistan showing the location of the Nanga Parbat and Hazara...asymmetric uplift of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya 40 - 30 - 415 WEST EAST O Syntaxis
Journal (issue)
from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...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...Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphic evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalayas, on the lndus gorge transect: the importance...a major Ntrending transverse structure in the Pakistan Himalayas. Continental rocks of the Indian plate...reference to the Nanga Parbat basement massif in the Pakistan Himalayas. This region consists of complexly deformed...evolution of the NW Himalayas as seen in northern Pakistan. In the first event, between 100 and 85 Ma, the...I00 Figure 1 . Main tectonic elements of the Pakistan Himalayas and (inset) location map for Indus Gorge
Journal (issue)
Magdalensburg (Carinthia, Austria), where a series of quartz crystals were found at a settlement that can be...(Lombardy, northem Italy), a transparent and perfect quartz crystaldoubly terminated and about 2.5 cm in diameter-was...foothills of the Lombardy Alps (Pezzotta, 1999), where quartz occurs in a deposit very similar to that of the...the Sicilian sulfur deposits; so-called "fenster quartz" of Porretta Terme; gypsum and other minerals of...Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz with associated minerals from the pegmatite geodes
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...‘normal’ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Let’s Get It Right Clinozoisite and Epidote from Pakistan JOHN S. WHITE P.O. Box 332 Stewartstown, Pennsylvania...darker. but still transparent, specimens from Pakistan have actually been identified as epidote, again...of the Shigar River in the Masherbrum Range, in Pakistan. According to Dudley Blauwet (pers. com., 2001)...soniedeals with the superb clinozoisites from Pakistan such as the where near the Tormiq River along...Skardu to one illustrated here. Other examples Shengus to Gilgit, and also from the can be found in Mineralogical
Report (issue)
in (Cs,Al), (Na,Si), or (Cs,Na,Al) with exsolved quartz. Physical Properties: Cleavage: In traces. Fracture:...pegmatites; may be in kiloton amounts. Association: Quartz, spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, lepidolite,...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
Report (chapter)
island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya Mark T. George, Nigel B. W. Harris and...island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya M A R K T. G E O R G E , NIGEL B.W....Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Abstract: In northern Pakistan, an integrated structural and geochemical study...50 m thick. The mineral assemblage consists of quartz (25-50%), plagioclase (10-30%), alkali feldspar...diagnostic mineral assemblage of the Parri granites is quartz (20-50%), plagioclase (1 0-30% ), alkali feldspar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
island arc and the Indian plate in the Himalaya of Pakistan C . P. C H A M B E R L A I N Department of Earth...in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan ABSTRACT The pressure-temperature and temperature-time...(Ghent & Stout, 1981), gametplagioclase-sillimanite-quartz (Newton & Haselton, 1981) and garnet-rutile-ilmenite...batholith; IS = Iskere gneiss of the NPHM;SH-HG = Shengus gneiss and Haramosh gneisses of the NPHM. Geology...three main gneiss units in the NPHM: the Iskere, Shengus, and Haramosh gneisses (Madin, 1986). PLATE S
Report (issue)
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...aesthetic crystalsoften found on a microcline or quartz matrix. Samples are found in cavities in the Sapo...Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit­ Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection, Jeff Scovil
Report (chapter)
northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya Ugo Pognante, Piera Benna and Patrick... northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya U G O P O G N A N T E 1., P I E R A B...Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis (Stak and upper Turmik valleys, Pakistan) consist of kyanite-bearing gneiss with minor...pressure metamorphism, part of the HHC from northern Pakistan underwent very rapid cooling and exhumation. By...recorded by the HHC from regions located east of Pakistan (e.g. Nepal). These differences along strike in
Journal (issue)
interest by giving him two specimens of gold in quartz from the Eungella mine in Queensland, and later...up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...encountered them, including calcite, fluorite, pyrite and quartz. He began to concentrate his efforts evermore on...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
Journal (issue)
Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part II) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...302 Louisville, CO 80027 After having crossed the Gilgit River at the Alam bridge, satisfied that I had...analysis, I observed both colorless sphemles on quartz with sphalerite, as well as purplish-red microcrystalline... May 2004 Mineral News 3---- Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) Local people set to work...stalled negotiation is typical in South Asia and in Pakistan is called "tupki". Only it is usually my friend
Book (volume)
(on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine...Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah, 4 Bournonite (on Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China... Daye, Hubei Prov., China, 13 Chalcopyrite (on Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China...Muscovite) Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza River Valley, Pakistan, 58 Grube Beihilfe, Freiberg-Halsbrucke, Saxony...Carbonia-Iglesias Prov., Sardinia, Italy, 67 (on Quartz) Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co.,
Journal (issue)
vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...1966, Bart discovered very fine Japan-law twinned quartz associated with tourmaline at the Bald Hornet claim...In 1982, Bart opened up a huge pocket of superb quartz and The Mineralogical Record, volume 51, May–June...pen-and-ink drawings on the cover depicting a scepter quartz from Denny Mountain, Washington. hematite pseudomorphs...hand-coloring natural quartz crystals and clusters of crystals, dubbing them “ART Quartz, Natural Quartz Hand-Tinted
Journal (issue)
localities: Spruce Ridge in King County, Washington (for quartz and pyrite) and the Rock Candy mine in British...tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz, quartz and zircon, plus rare species like hibonite, johachidolite...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...fine specimens of hambergite, pollucite, topaz, quartz, aquamarine beryl and lepidolite (Hla Kyi et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neogene regional metamorphism in the Himalayas of Pakistan using U-Pb in monazite Harold A. Smith a C....large-scale collision [e.g. 7]. In northwestern Pakistan, however, the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif (NPHM)...Parbat-Haramosh Massif (NPHM) of north-western Pakistan has been the site of a number of such studies...Ma Iskere gneiss and the Paleozoic-Precambrian Shengus gneiss [2,13]. These rocks are predominantly low-aluminous...NPHM and represent both the Iskere Gneiss and the Shengus gneiss. We obtained two monazite-bearing samples
 
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