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Calcite from
Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:952535
Long-form Identifier:1:3:952535:1
GUID (UUID V4):8e9856d3-eea8-4cbd-bd33-074be8d53f8f
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
72.6km (45.1 miles) Nangimali ruby deposit, Neelum District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
Andrews on June 1, 2015 The Main Mantle Thrust in Pakistan: its character and extent J. A. D I P I E T R...Survey of Pakistan, 148/285, New Defence Colony, Shami Road, PO Box 1355, Peshawar, Pakistan 3National...in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan Abstract: The Main Mantle Thrust (MMT) represents...ultramafic rock of the Kohistan-Ladakh arc complex in Pakistan. In some areas, this boundary is a sharp planar...define the northern margin of the Indian plate in Pakistan. On this basis, faults that define the MMT vary
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 |...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:
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 Collection
Report (chapter)
and medium-pressure Indian Plate rocks from the Pakistan Himalaya P E T E R J. T R E L O A R 1, K A T H...Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA The Indian Plate rocks of NW Pakistan contain evidence for both Eocene and Miocene phases...structural data from the Indian Plate in North Pakistan (Fig. 1), to the west of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis...direction, varying from SW-directed, in the Kaghan Valley, to SSE-directed in the Hazara region (Treloar...internal zones of the Indian Plate in northern Pakistan was along a chlorite- to sillimanite-grade Barrovian-type
Catalog/List
aquamarine crystals, 5 x 3 ins. £750 Cilgit, North Pakistan APATITE - a gemmy blue crystal 1 'h ins. long...orange crystal 1 V2 ins. on edge. Zinyang, Sitchuan Province, China £320 COLEMANITE - transparent colemanite...with dolomite 3 x 2½ ins. Shangbao Mine, Hunan Province, China £60 SIDERITE - a 3V2 inch crystal with...FLUORITE - Two etched light green crystals with calcite, 6 ins. x 4 ins. £220 Dalnegorsk, Primorski Kraj...orange crystal 1 'h ins. on edge Zin_yang, Sitchuan Province, China £425 CASSITERITE - a flat plate of black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exhumation history of the Kaghan Valley UHP series, NW Himalaya, Pakistan from U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar ages...Main, Germany 3 University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan Abstract: Amphibole and mica 40Ar/39Ar ages as...Crystalline Nappes (Indian Plate) in the Upper Kaghan Valley, Pakistan allow distinction of a multistage exhumation...former deeply-buried rocks. Key-words: Himalaya, Kaghan Valley, geochronology, 40Ar/39Ar, U-Pb, exhumation...locally coesite-bearing eclogite in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan (e.g., Spencer et al., 1991; O’Brien et
Book
geology of the belt and its different sectors from Pakistan Himalaya in the west to Arunachal Himalaya in...belt is valid for India and Nepal sectors. The Pakistan sector has difficulties in maintaining such a...Crystallines (HHC) across the Hazara Syntaxis to Western Pakistan is problematic (Fig. 1.1). They refer in support...although he considered the metamorphics of the Pakistan sector as Central Crystallines (HHC). Heim and...Lithotectonic Subdivisions of the Himalaya In the Darma Valley of Kumaon Himalaya, Thakur (1977) described a divergent
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...cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Parbat Haramosh Massif, and similar rocks in the Kaghan Valley to the south-west, were buried to pressures...amphibolite- and eclogite-grade rocks of the Kaghan Valley. In contrast, the cover rocks of the Nanga Parbat...2. (d) Geological map of the Hazara, Besham and Kaghan regions of the NW Himalaya showing the location...approximate location of eclogitic assemblages in the Kaghan Valley (Pognante & Spencer, 1991). Modified from Treloar...plates, is known as the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT) in Pakistan and separates the Kohistan-Ladakh Island Arc (Fig
Report (chapter)
eclogites of Eocene age, some coesite-bearing (Kaghan/Neelum and Tso Morari), formed from Permian Panjal...this orogeny? The discovery of coesite in Kaghan Valley (Pakistan) eclogite (O’Brien et al. 1999, 2001) required...(view to the NNE from above Chilling). The Indus Valley and Ladakh Batholith in the background. Distance...Gangdese Belt, whereas further west, in India and Pakistan, identical mainly dioritic, tonalitic and granitic...especially the MCT, is not so straightforward. Thus, in Pakistan and Tso Morari, where highgrade rocks generally
Journal (issue)
279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...fine groups of scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent...cm, from Llano County; Bill Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo
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)
(1) 41.72 1.11 57.83 Total 100.66 (1) Mogok district, Myanmar; corresponds to (Mg2:02 Fe2+ 0:02 )§=2:04...dolomite, brucite, diopside, corundum, amphiboles, calcite, spinel, augite. Distribution: Localities for near...Mt. Itkul, Ural Mountains, Russia. In the Eifel district, Germany, at Forstberg. In the USA, in Arizona...Co., and at Buell Park, Apache Co. In the Mogok district and at Pyaung Gaung, Myanmar (Burma). Exceptional...from Sapat, 24 km northeast of Naran, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. At Kingiti, Mpapwa, Tanzania
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...Portugal, 5, 40 Aquamarine (with Emerald) Swat Valley, Pakistan, 22 Azurite (on Malachite) Milpillas Mine...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
Report (chapter)
confirm the metamorphic event in western Himalaya (Kaghan c. 46 Ma and Tso Morari at c. 47 Ma) at mantle...UHP eclogite facies stage around 46 Ma in the Kaghan Valley (Kaneko et al. 2003). Oh (2016) reported an...in the central and eastern Himalaya (Arun River Valley in Nepal, Ama Drime and Dinggye in Tibet, Sikkim...The UHP eclogites in western Himalaya (Kaghan Valley in Pakistan and Tso Morari dome in India), and highly...whereas some authors associated the Arun River Valley granulitized eclogites of the central Himalaya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a thermodynamic model, we used some data on the Naran fluorite deposit of similar genesis and formation...been discovered in the Transbaikalian fluorite province, which are mainly of vein type and are genetically...less than 80%). The other minerals are barite, calcite, kaolinite, adularia, and chalcopyrite (Bredikhina...different lengths both in strike and in dip. At the Naran deposit, orebodies are hosted by granosyenites,...structure of the West Transbaikalian fluorite province. Studies of melt and accompanying fluid inclusions
Report (volume)
evolution of the North Karakoram cover, North Pakistan Zi Gaetan, 39 M., JADouL, F., Erpa, E. & Garzanti...granitoid structure of the Hunza Karakoram, north Pakistan TreLoar, magmatism P.J. & Izatr, C.N. Tectonics...West Pakistan 89 Aumep, Z. Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar district, Pakistan Arir...zone of Pakistan Jan, M.Q., Kuan, North Pakistan Kuan, M.A., JAN, B.L. Evolution Pakistan: temporal...reconstruction of the Dir Group: within Kohistan, N. Pakistan Haynes, J.R. & Rex, D.C. evidence for magmatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metaharzburgite and metadunite in the ultramafic body of the Naran Massif in the Khantaishir Ophiolite, western Mongolia...results from the serpentinized peridotites of the Naran Massif in the Khantaishir Ophiolite of western Mongolia...area contains two massifs, the Taishir and the Naran (Matsumoto and Tomurtogoo 2003; Gianola et al. 2017;...8 km) and volcanics (2.5 km). In contrast, the Naran Massif is composed of a thick exposure of ultramafic...(Gianola et al. 2017), whereas ultramafic rocks in the Naran Massif (ca. 24 km long and 4 km wide) contain well-preserved
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 (article/letter/editorial)
DOI : 10.3749/canmin.50.5.1291 GEM OLIVINE AND CALCITE MINERALIZATION PRECIPITATED FROM SUBDUCTION-DERIVED...SUBDUCTION-DERIVED FLUIDS IN THE KOHISTAN ARC-MANTLE (PAKISTAN) Pierre BOUILHOL§,* and Jean-Pierre BURG† Department...DAWOOD Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue-Shakarparian, 44 000 Islamabad, Pakistan Abstract...most of it is recycled into the deeper mantle. Calcite-olivine-bearing veins in the mantle rocks of the...the Kohistan Paleo-Island Arc (North Pakistan) contain some of the best gem quality olivines worldwide
Book
(Marinov et al. 1977) first defined the Mandakh Cu district, and later Sotnikov et al. (1984) defined the South...interaction with the African large low shear velocity province. Earth Sci Rev 102:29–59 Lamb MA, Cox D (1998)...Paleozoic arc magmas in the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au district, southern Mongolia. Gondwana Res 19:764–787 Wickham...and chlorite, and rare actinolite, anhydrite, calcite, and clay minerals. Alteration consists of (1)...accumulations. Wall rocks are altered mainly to epidote, calcite, chlorite, and zeolite. The depositional environment
Journal (issue)
("Peridot") from the new Pakistan locality at Sumput (or Suppatt), between Kamila and Naran, Kohistan. The large...rocks of South Central Africa of a polymetallic province, distinct from the stratiform Cu-Co-U seams of...in the Katanga System or its equivalents. This province includes deposits of Zn-Pb-Cu with an array of...group show similarities to deformed M ississippi Valley-type deposits. Tsumeb and Kipushi are by far the...indigenes serving as guides. In 1915, the Kipushi district was delineated by the famous prospec­ tor Major
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
massif to the West and the Naran massif to the East (Fig. 1b). The Naran massif exposes the largest and...ophiolite Fig. 2  Stratigraphic sections of the Naran and Taishir massifs (colors same as in Fig. 1) ...to a maximum thickness of ~ 3 km. In the eastern Naran massif, the magmatic contact between the gabbroic...ophiolite is thrusted under the lower Cambrian Naran Formation (mainly terrigenous sediments) and the...from 0.01 to 1.5 km in size, occur in the western Naran formation. The largest of these bodies 13 92
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are fluorite and quartz. Subsidiary minerals are calcite, barite, clays and pyrite, and, less commonly,...instance, in the syenite and granosyenite of the Naran deposit. In these two cases, an interesting relationship...composition of the rocks. The syenite and granite of the Naran Downloaded by [Monash University Library] at 16:34...Baykal-Chara district of nitrogen springs; 2) Selenga region of chiefly cold radon waters; 3) Daur district of...deposits were found: neogenic chalcedony, quartz, calcite, adularia, montmorillonite and illite. Thus, it
Catalog/List
Avenue, 17th Floor • Dallas, Texas 75219 Design District Annex • 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, Texas 75207...2008 Heritage Auctions, Inc. Heritage Design District Annex 15404 Natural History Specialist Steve...forms, particularly of Fluorite, Tourmaline and Calcite. His fascination with Fluorite was enhanced by...JAPAN-LAW TWIN Pentadora, Capilla District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Over...Claim, Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru An
 
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