 | | 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...aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...Portezeulo and Altohuasi Granites NYF Miarolitic schorl, bertrandite, rarely topaz Colombo, Lira, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................Richard also became charter members o f the Tualatin Valley Gem Club and the Friends of Mineralogy. Over the...surrounding valleys. To the west lies the Sacramento Valley, which drains southwest to the Colorado The Mineralogical...River near Needles. To the east is the Hualapai Valley, which drains north into the Red Lake Playa. The...end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride |  | | 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...Above: Topaz, schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen...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; |  | | 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) | | 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...photo. Spodumene, 9.5 cm, from Resplendor, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 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) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trentino Alto-Adige porphyritic platform in the Fassa Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz...gamet (hessonite variety) and diopside from the Ala Valley. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY...became world-famous for their discoveries in the Ala Valley, and the Pisani family (father and son, respectively...vesuvianite of the rodingites of Piedmont and the Aosta Valley, the sulfur and gypsum from the Ca' Bernardi and...abandoned Sferliin asbestos quarry in the Malenco Valley, following in the footsteps of Pietro Sigismund |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite and muscovite from the Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The fluorite crystals are up to...clinochlore specimen, 3.9 cm high, from Alpe Frasse, Susa Valley, Italy. The sharp, single crystal with its dramatic...aquamarine, and schorl specimen, 11.6 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Simple, clean |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...magnetite and hematite; others may have included schorl. A specimen labeled simply Chester, Delaware County...with crystals to 5 cm across; the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, where some muscovite crystals...crystals have grown around and included almandine and schorl crystals; and, for the micromounter, the Foote...Smithsonian collection, with some having intergrown schorl and apatite inclusions. Fine examples of the green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens is from the Dattaw mine, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin district, Mandalay Division. It consists of green crystals...in marble from the Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province. In neighboring Pakistan very fine crystals of diopside...from Alchuri (sometimes spelled Alchori), Shigar Valley, Baltistan. The crystals in the collection are dark...between Alchuri and Shigar at Hashupa (sometimes spelled Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Baltistan. The crystals in...found at Khapalu (also spelled Khaplu), Ghangche district. Other Pakistani localities that have produced |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in which the fluorite occurred are Mississippi Valley–type (MVT); these deposits are ably discussed by...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...octahedral fluorite include Andermatt and Meien Valley, both in Canton Uri; Sommerloch and Ziggenenstöcke |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | United States are from pegmatites of the Amelia district, Amelia County, Virginia (Sinkankas 1959, 1997)...Figure 4 (left). A fine 7.6-cm-wide spessartine and schorl specimen from the Little 3 mine, Ramona, San Diego...in the Brown Derby pegmatite in the Ohio Creek district, Gunnison County. Roberts and Rapp (1965) describe...aggregates to 25 cm across and associated with schorl crystals occurs just east of the main cut at the...John Betts photo. (Northrop 1959). In the Petaca district it is known in crystalline aggregates to 60 cm |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter 1 $3.00 Shigar r-------------------------~ Blues "I have got them Shigar Blues" rhythmically...and all, early this morning. Is this day four in Shigar? . Life is timeless here: no newspaper, no news...River in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. With the road to Chutron in the Basha Valley blocked because...problematic. Garnet on albite is from Seydar, Ho Nala, Pakistan. D. Blauwet photo. We, my jeep driver, Shaj i...down, down, down to the next bridge crossing the Baltistan. then you may understand. Braldu River and cross |  | | 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...48 Cumengeite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 66 Diaspore Amatolia...Mexico, 66 Spessartine (with Quartz) Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan, 4 Tanzanite (with Quartz) Merelani |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan .............................cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James Elliott photo, Fine... Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm orders@crystalclassics.co.uk |...High in the mountain ranges of the Shigar Valley region of Pakistan, hundreds of mine tunnels pierce steep...a collector for almost 15. On my first trip to Pakistan I was on the hunt for a different gem mineral: |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mining Associates, Inc., and mined opal at Virgin Valley, Nevada for two summers, subleasing the Royal Peacock...principal city of the entire Jequitinhonha River valley (COMIG-Projeto Espinhaço, 2002). Eucalyptus trees...evolution in the same context as that of the Golconda District (see Cornejo et al., 2019). As the mineralized...did not find a market. On the other side of the valley, nestled near the visited area, there are pegmatites...also 323 Figure 12. A view of the Fanado River Valley area in Capelinha, with several garimpo operations |  | | Catalog/List | | Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15...Spessartine Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 25.4 cm tall x 40.6 cm...Quartz Pulsifer Quarry, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA 3.6 cm tall |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kashmir": Aquamarinschatz aus dem Karakorum-Gebirge, Pakistan s. Daniel Trinchillo und Federico Pezzotta 12...Kashmir": Aquamarinschatz aus dem Karakorum, Pakistan von Daniel Trinchillo. Mitarbeit: Federico Pezzotta...och in den Gebirgsziigen der Shigarta1-Region in Pakistan durchstol3en Hunderte von Abbaustollen steile...cm hohe Stufe aus dem Skardu District im Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan. Stufe von Fine fv1inerals International...Feldspat. 20 cm hohe Stufe aus dem Skardu District, Shigar Valley Mark Pospisil Collection. - Rechts ,, The |  | | 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,...inclusions on Copper) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu...Michigan, 17 (with Calcite) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania...Grootfontein District, Namibia, 64 Spessartine (with Quartz & Schorl) Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan, 42 Sphalerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor... 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 |  | | 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...5.6 cm tall Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection...light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col lection, Joe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Cartographer William W. Besse, Green Valley, AZ Rocks & Minerals is available online at Editorial...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 |  | | 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...an hour's walk from the lapis mine in the Kokcha Valley of Badakhshan Province. The lot included some matrix...dealers whom I have known from my first trip to Pakistan appeared with 6-8 boxes in tow. I remember him |  | | 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 |
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