 | | Journal (issue) | | ” 3 cm, from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. (11) Tourmaline, 2.6 cm, from Elba, Italy. Refined Elegance...Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite...mostly thumbnails acquired during his travels in Afghanistan, shown at the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11.5 cm, from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection; |  | | Journal (issue) | | gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...Moore COVER: TOURMALINE, 21 cm, from the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. The same...cell.: +43 (0)664 4047940 The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...largest source of gemgrade and specimen-quality tourmaline in Russia. Since their discovery in the 1980s...wine-red tourmaline with smoky quartz and cleavelandite that rival the great historical tourmaline discoveries |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Ron Zeilstra collection; Michael Bainbridge...Cornish (WA) John Dagenais (BC) Bill & Diana Dameron (OR) Rick Dillhoff (WA) Sean Finneson (WA) Greg &...Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert (ID) Al & Sue Liebetrau...Mike Menzies (ALB) Ken Miller (WA) Keith Mychaluk (ALB) Don Newsome (WA) Pacific Museum of Earth (BC)...and Minerals (OR) Caleb Simkof (WA) Brendan Traw (OR) Dave Waisman (WA) Aaron & Jade Weiting (OR) Robert |  | | Journal (issue) | | and amygdaloids) identified in the Lake Superior District. One of the most economically and mineralogically...copper deposit. Many mineral specimens from the district have lost their provenance and can no longer be...industrial mining efforts in the Lake Superior District. Native American mining, starting as early as...early success brought much-needed capital to the district which allowed for the discovery and development...mine almost every major copper deposit in the district. European prospectors did best when they looked |  | | Journal (issue) | | SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS Colored Stones and Pearls Tourmaline: A Gemstone’s Guide to Geologic Evolution of...Dutrow Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Tourmaline is recognized as an important gemstone and a... the rich chemical signature encapsulated in tourmaline is being unraveled and revealed. Because of its...its widely varying chemistry, tourmaline is particularly adept at recording the host-rock environment...serving as a single-mineral thermometer. Other tourmaline compositions may reveal the absolute age of a |  | | Journal (issue) | | of other species including beryl, chrysoberyl, tourmaline, danburite, forsterite, fluorapatite, topaz,...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...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon “sole governor”...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V INTRODUCTION...historical events before 1920, we will use the older district name of Schemnitz in accordance with the literature...time, whereas for events after 1920 the modem district name of Banska Stiavnica will be used, bearing...to the same district. A list of the names of other sites in the Hanska Stiavnica district is given in |  | | Journal (issue) | | TABULAR BLUE BERYL ON TOURMALINE DEO DARRAH MINE, NEAR PATTA GUZAR, BADAKSHAN, AFGHANISTAN 6CM TOM SPANN PHOTO...and one-of-a-kind pieces. But the little mining district shows no signs of shutting down, and collectors...municipality of Tragoss-Sankt Katharein, in the district ofBruck-Miirzzuschlag, in the north-central part... with a little more than 200 inhabitants. The district encompasses three mines: the Wiesergut (or Wieser)...1945, but this, and all mining for talc in the district, ceased in 1963). In 1984, ore from Oberdorf (as |
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Deo Darrah, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan