 | | 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 (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 |  | | 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... and Kandara (2007) 19 Shigar-Braldu valleys, Gilgit-Balkistan, Pakistan Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 113. Inside front cover: (left colurnn) Apatite-Jonathan Allred collection, page 17; Rhodochrosite-Rick...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 |  | | 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...schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil...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 (article/letter/editorial) | | America has produced some of the world’s finest apatite specimens, and there are many wellknown localities...best-known specimen from anywhere is the “Roebling apatite” from the Pulsifer quarry in Auburn, Maine. Formerly...faceted, they produce some of the most sought apatite gemstones (see Mauthner and Ottaway 2015, this...deposit characteristic minerals, sometimes including apatite, in these clefts. This is how our Connoisseur’s...244 ROCKS & MINERALS the years other beautiful apatite specimens have been found in clefts among these |  | | 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: |  | | Book | | surveyor ( B a d Shah Jan of the Survey of Pakistan), both from Pakistan, also joined the stafl. The scientific...Survey, M r . M . Aziztrllah of the Survey of Pakistan, and M r . Javed, a student at the University...Indus river, from Skardu as far west as the Stak valley, and the principal ridge of the Karakorum to the...and Gilgit and eastwards as far as Bagicha. The territory covered in 1955 lies between the Gilgit area...Chogo Lungma and the Sosbun glaciers, and the upper valley of the Hunxa river. The present volunze deals with |  | | Report (issue) | | the safflorite-coated silver from the old Cobalt District of Ontario is a nice old-timer: identical-looking...from the Castle mine, Gowganda area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. Quebul Fine Minerals specimen...world-class anhydrite which came from the Naica district, Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, but...Kharbuzeh (also rendered “Chah Kharboze”) mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. The brilliantly red-orange... 1.4 cm, from the Shah Kharbuzeh mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | 31. Elbaite, 9.2 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson...scepter crystal, 7.5 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson... Figure 47. Elbaite, 4.9 cm, from the Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This crystal shows...scepter crystal, 8.8 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson...Elbaite crystal, 7.4 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Press, 1996). 96*2: 405,9(3: Figure 2. Apatite and arsenopyrite, 13.5 cm high, from Panasqueira...from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen. The feature...albite, 18.2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is...type of elegant, clean, gem crystal that has made Pakistan famous. Figure 11. Brookite and quartz, 6.4 cm...cm high, from Dalbundi, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. I like the way the classic zoning |  | | 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 |  | | 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...companions and I turned and ambled up the Indus Valley toward Skardu, on one of the only two mostly-sunny...foreboding gorge guarding the lower entrance to the valley. It turned out to not be a mine per se, but an... May 2004 Mineral News 3---- Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) Local people set to work |  | | 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...Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, 10, 56 Apatite Sao Jose de Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil, 41 Apophyllite...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | No. 17: Apatite The Great Pretender ISBN: 978-0-9836323-3-7 Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado...Cover Apatite on muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Apatite rough (3.7 cm tall) and cut (24.61 carats) Cerro...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Page 2 Plate 81 "Apatite" from Reinhard Brauns' (1912) The Mineral Kingdom...supported publication of Apatite-The Great Pretender. Plate 81 "Apatite" from Reinhard Brauns' (1912) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Karakorum Metamorphic complex (Dassu±Askole area, NE Pakistan): exhumation of mid-crustal HT±MP gneisses in...in the Karakorum Range (Shigar and Braldu valleys, North of Skardu, NE Pakistan), building on previous...and Askole domes, Fig. 1) in the Skardu area (NE Pakistan) and then to discuss the possible heat source...(8035-8060m) all rV iga lle ey va Indus y 35°30'N Shigar Bt -M 75°00'E Zone of Himalayan Mio-Pliocene...Jutial Darchan Hi s p -G rt StGr t Gl (7452m) Gilgit BT ld-G Early M2 granites and monzonites (Baltoro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...collection, with some having intergrown schorl and apatite inclusions. Fine examples of the green chromian...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment...struck a chord with me. Other mines in the Pala district that have produced musco- Downloaded by [National |  | | Catalog/List | | Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2 cm wide Ex-collection...Spessartine Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 25.4 cm tall x 40.6 cm...on Quartz Pulsifer Quarry, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA 3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | instances, commonly associated minerals are beryl, apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kashmir": Aquamarinschatz aus dem Karakorum-Gebirge, Pakistan s. Daniel Trinchillo und Federico Pezzotta 12...Tessinerspitzen - auch einige plattige bis tafelige Apatite (flachenreich glitzernd , bis ~2 cm) aus einem...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Landslides Revisited and the Second Annual Basha Valley 5 Km Trail Race Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...over the Raikot Bridge in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is 9:00 p.m. and I am musing over the abrupt...expecting a very long day as we are hoping to reach Gilgit, 16 hours distant on a "good" day. I had expected...the top of the Shangri Pass, separating the Swat Valley from Indus Kohistan. There for the first a 1e in...I had hired a land cruiser and driver from the Pakistan tourist development center, and the driver had |  | | 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) | | Bayley, W .S. 1904. The Menominee iron-bearing district of Michigan. U.S. Geological Survey monograph... Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Osceola District, located on the western slope of the Snake Range...1884, operated the placer deposit until 1910. The District is best known for a gold nugget discovered in...Relief and a Tiresome Journey (Difficult Trip to Pakistan) - Part VI, 23-4:8 Blauwet, Dudley: Earthquake...Relief and a Tiresome Journey (Difficult Trip to Pakistan) - Part VII, 23-6: 11 Blauwet, Dudley: Earthquake |  | | Leaflet/flyer | | Reno Shigar Valley, Pakistan. Paradiso per i cristalii. Foto M. Majrani. Shigar Valley, Pakistan. A paradise... "Apatite" con acquamarina, Shigar Valley, Pakistan. Coll. L. Piasco, foto R. Appiani. "Apatite’ with...with aquamarine, Shigar Valley, Pakistan. Coll. L. Piasco, photo R. Appiani. *9it Calcite: 5,2 cm. Elmwood |
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