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Calcite from
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Topaz5 photos of Calcite associated with Topaz at this locality.
Albite2 photos of Calcite associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:836822
Long-form Identifier:1:3:836822:5
GUID (UUID V4):d5ac0c5f-ef47-410a-92ea-b92cfbd0c3d1
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Ghundao hill, Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.0km (2.5 miles) Ghundao hill, Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
6.9km (4.3 miles) Ambela Granite Complex, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
39.8km (24.7 miles) Koga Nepheline Syenite Intrusion, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
42.0km (26.1 miles) Sillai Patti Carbonatite, Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
49.4km (30.7 miles) Saidu Sharif, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
52.8km (32.8 miles) Jambil carbonatite complex, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
53.4km (33.2 miles) Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
53.6km (33.3 miles) Mine #2, Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
63.2km (39.3 miles) Tarbela dam, Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
97.5km (60.6 miles) Loe Shilman Carbonatite, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, 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 (article/letter/editorial)
topaz-bearing calcite, quartz, white mica veins from Ghundao Hill (North West Frontier Province, Pakistan): K=...(Northern Frontier Province, Pakistan) an orangeyellow to cherry-red topaz is found in calcite, quartz, white...occurrence of pink Imperial Topaz was reported from Pakistan first in 1972 (G€ubelin et al., 1986). This occurrence...Ghundao about 4 km north of the small town of Katlang (34 220 N, Fig. 1. Simplified geological sketch...Paleozoic series that border to the north of the Indo-Pakistan plate. The pink topaz from Ghundao Hill 33
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP. t 7 5 - 6 Topaz occurrence in Mardan, north-west Pakistan M. QASIM JAN Department of Geology, University...University of Peshawar, Pakistan SYNOPSIS COLOURLESS, purple, and pink topaz and transparent quartz...been found in calcite veins (with or without milky quartz) in calcareous rocks near Katlang (34 ~ 24' N...N, 72 ~ 6' E), Mardan district. The veins do not contain any fluorite nor the country rocks any topaz...resulted in their incorporation in later-formed vein calcite. [Manuscript received 25 July I978; revised 3 October
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals can grow. Impressive topaz specimens from Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico, and Russia are highly coveted...of Cornwall, England, and France; 9. Erzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany; 10. Volyn and Kiev pegmatite...Gilgit pegmatite district and Katlang, Pakistan; 13. Tin granites of Jos plateau district, Nigeria; 14....(left). Topaz, 10.5 em long, Dassu mine, BaItNan, Pakistan. NMNH specimen 165994. figure & Topaz, 4.5 em...whereas fine gemquality pink topaz is found in Pakistan and the southern Ural Mountains, in addition to
Show/Event (guide)
Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14.5 x 3 x 2 cm, mim specimen #1852:... Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan, 4.5 x 2 x 1 cm, mim specimen...piece an added value. Federico Picciani photo Calcite twin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Journal (issue)
Cornelius Hurlbut, and C. W Fryer Pink Topaz from Pakistan Edward Gubelin, Giorgio Graziani, and A. H. Kuzmi...THE COVER: Recently a small hillock near Katlang, Pakistan, has begun to produce fine gem-quality pink...pink topaz in the world today. The finest-quality Pakistan pink topaz is reminiscent o f the stones shown...GEMS & GEMOLOGY Fall 1986 139 PINK TOPAZ FROM PAKISTAN By Edward Gubelin, Giorgio Graziani, and A. H...m o u n t s of emerald, aquamarine, and ruby, Pakistan has also begun t o produce fine gem-quaii t y
Journal (issue)
BARITE 13 cm, from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection;...from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe...Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd...Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blue Anchor point to StolJbrd rocks, Somerset, calcite, baryte, celestine, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite...Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian...Sutherland, amphibolites, 2~ i Muirshiel, Renfrewshire, calcite, baryte, 446 Rhum, Inner Hebrides, olivine, 293;...deerite, 25I Spain (Espafia) Cerro del Hierro, Province of Sevilla, goethite, 355 Italy (Italia) Beth...'hauchecornite', 875 Verkhne Dnieprovsk, Ekaterinoslav District, Ukraine, iron meteorite, I49 Turkey (Ttirkiye)
Catalog/List
2) SPESSARTINE on Quartz and Muscovite, Gilgit, Pakistan. Three gemmy blood orange 7mm diameter gamet crystals...Specimen size- 34x32x24mm £67 4) LAZULITE, Quartz, Calcite, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada.Gemmy blue lazulite...sized24x18x5mm £258 10) Pink TOPAZ, Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan. Gemmy pink 9mm crystal in pegmatitic...GOOSECREEKITE with Stilbite on Quartz, Raigad District, India. A plate containing a white waxy aggregate...23x25x30mm £45 25) PERIDOT, Sappat, Kohistan, Pakistan. From the recent find, a gem cutting grade bright
Journal (issue)
“Edison” Pearls, and a Pioneering Gemstone Market in Pakistan Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES 102 Measurement... Namak Mandi: A Pioneering Gemstone Market in Pakistan Habib Ur Rehman, Bilal, Syed Owais, Obaid Ur Rahman...Crystal: Heavily etched blue beryl reportedly from Pakistan 166 Gem News International Metal sulfide inclusion...“Edison” Pearls, and a Pioneering Gemstone Market in Pakistan Welcome to the Summer installment of Gems & Gemology...of the Namak Mandi gemstone market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Our lead article looks at the long-debated effects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2019 555 Figure 2. Pink Topaz, Katlang, Mardan district, Pakistan, 2018; 11 × 14; watercolors. Figure...digital art. 556 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure. 6. Calcite on Fluorite, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Tennessee
Journal (issue)
(5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite...window. This case shows his sub-collections of calcite, quartz, pyrite and hematite, one species per shelf...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...spaced and oriented. Figure 29. Emerald crystal in calcite, 2.2 cm, from the Polveros mine, La Pita, Boyacá
Book (volume)
apart. Ten collectors can all have an Aqua from Pakistan and each one has it's own individual beauty and...culture. We can appreciate a mineral from China, Pakistan, America or Brazil equally without any preconceived...Centreville, Boise, Idaho, 62 Fiker, N. Areas, Pakistan, 7 Azurite (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine...Brazilianite Linopolis Dist., Minas Gerais, Brazil, 37 Calcite 884 Mine, Huangpolong, near Leiping, Guangxi Prov...48 Cumengeite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 66 Diaspore Amatolia
Report (issue)
stones (weighing a total of 2.52 carats) from Katlang, Pakistan, adorn the upper wings, with a matched pair... 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo Top left:...banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006 8 TOPAZ...Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine; Kleine...Namibia; Mokrusha­ Mursinka District, Ural Mountains, Russia; Paprok, Laghman Province, Afghanistan; San Diego
Book (volume)
“Faden” Quartz) Toyee, near Wana, Waziristan, Pakistan, 20 Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India...Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 4 (with Schorl), 54 Azurite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb...Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) Calcite 884 Mine, near Leiping, Guiyang Co., Hunan Prov...inclusions on Copper) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu...Superior Dist., Michigan, 17 (with Calcite) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Crocoite Adelaide
Journal (issue)
Franks, B.Se. Ph.D.. F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Brunch: 1. I. Reynolds, F.G .A. C. R. Cavey L...Gemm.,l985,XlX,8 THE KATLANG PINK TOPAZ MINE, NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, PAKISTAN. By WILLIAM H. SPENGLER...lie scattered around the hilltops skirting the Katlang valley. The ruins were monasteries, once sentinels...flourished at an early period. In present day Pakistan, the valley floor is covered with lush green fields...discovered deposits there. Katlang, near Mardan in the North West Frontier Province, lends its name to the
Catalog/List
pyramidal terminations partly developed from a white calcite matrix. Sawn base and side so sits well. 50x35x50mm...22) CUPRITE var CHALCOTRICHITE as inclusions in CALCITE. Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. A thin sheet of veinstone...shows a scattering of about a dozen scalohedral calcite xls to 8mm which have chalcotrichite inclusions...inclusions giving a vivid red colour. I n between the calcite xl and on the reverse of the specimen there are...one side. 80x70x20mm. £65. 44) TOPAZ. Katlang, Mardan, Pakistan. A nice pale sherry coloured transparent
Journal (issue)
color zoning, 5.1 cm, from Rubaya, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo Back cover: Top...Pohl-Ströher collection; Tom Spann photo. Figure 14. Calcite, 20 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Will Johnson...volume 54, January–February, 2023 19 Figure 17. Calcite on amethyst, 9.4 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil... ex Steve Smale; Tom Spann photo. Figure 18. Calcite with celadonite inclusions, 20 cm, from the Rio...January–February, 2023 Figure 19. Rhodonite on calcite, 7 cm, from Morro da Mina mine (“Mine on the Hill”)
Journal (issue)
to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection; photo by Harold...Gaylord's Tennessee Minerals Gellani Enterprises - Pakistan Gem & M inerals of Dallas Gemini Minerals Genady...Enough . . . Inc. Hallelujah Mines Hammad Gems - Pakistan Hampel Mineraiogical Museum Hendricks, Pat M inerals...Runner, Bruce & Jo Russell / Zuhl Saeed Ur Rahman - Pakistan Sandman, The Schlichter, Ernie Minerals Schwarz...- Russia Sunshine M inerals Syed Trading Co. - Pakistan Syntaxis Sunnywood Collection, The Thom pson,
Book
184 Nigeria 184 Northern Ireland 186 Norway 186 Pakistan 186 People's Republic of China 188 Portugal 189...Occurrences Pink/red - Ouro Preto, Brazil; Katlang, Pakistan; Kamenka river, Siberia. Stable yellow/amber...Brazil, Sri Lanka; Jos plateau, Nigeria; Volyn district, Ukraine, and numerous pegmatites throughout the...the Sanarka river in the southern Urals, Katlang, Pakistan, and a few other localities. Most topaz has...surprising, as he was familiar with the Saxon tin district which contains yellow topaz. An interesting description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in sodic amphiboles, 74 I Blueschist rocks, N W Pakistan, anals., petr., 94 I Boehmite, synthetic, low-temperature...DRODDY (M. J.), 479; see GREENE, (G. M.), 483 Calcite, Renfrewshire, fluid inclusion studies, descr....and iron-bearing sulpharsenides, English Lake District, anal., paragenesis, formation, 389 Co-Ni disulphide...in the series, Io3 I MOORE (D. J.), An unusual calcite from Muirshiel, Renfrewshire, 446 MOORE (F. H.)...and a Co--NiFe thiospinel from the Kalgoorlie district, Western Australia, 950; --, and ENGLAND (B. M
Book (volume)
collecting; a Proustite is more important than a Calcite, a Herodsfoot Bournonite is somehow more significant...(with Tourmaline) Gilgit-Baltistan, N. Areas, Pakistan, 15 Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 32 Panasqueira... 5, 40 Aquamarine (with Emerald) Swat Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora...Brazilianite Linopolis Dist., Minas Gerais, Brazil, 25 Calcite (with Chalcopyrite) Chenzhong, Hunan Prov., China...58 Cumengite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 61 Diaspore Amatolia
Book
Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within
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)
vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...fine rhodochrosite specimens, pink manganese-rich calcite spheres, hematite, and wonderful barite crystals...early lead mines in the Upper Mississippi Valley district (Mineral Point and others). The animal which appears...specimens of hematite and goethite, whereas the fine calcite, barite and rhodochrosite specimens were more common...closet-size pocket filled with spherical manganese-rich calcite and only having time to collect a few of the hundreds
 
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