 | | 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...Credits Front: Beryl (variety aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas |  | | 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...Sibiri on the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June... Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine; |  | | 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 (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) | | at congress 15 Gemstone and mineral mining in Pakistan 19 Madison Dialogue holds first colored gems...Sri Lanka and in the area surrounding the Mogok valley in Burma (Myanmar). More recent finds of spinel...distribution. In this respect, the government of Pakistan has launched an initiative for the development...assess the gemstone mining situation in northern Pakistan as well as making recommendations for the improvement...Administrated Northern Areas of Pakistan. The trip was limited to the Gilgit, Skardu and Astore districts |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Famous mineral localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens of...article. INTRODUCTION The Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A hot June night, streets teeming and pulsing |  | | Journal (issue) | | were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...militant Taliban were forcing residents of the Swat Valley, which had been closed for nearly a decade, to...finance terrorist activities (“Emeralds from Swat Valley. . . ,” 2009). The decade also saw the rise in...to the traditional spinel sources of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Myanmar (spinel, if polished elsewhere, is...start operations at the Kagem mine in the Kafubu District, historically Zambia’s largest source of emeralds |  | | Journal (issue) | | diameter; these are documented from the Hackman Valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia (see Jaszczak et al. (2007)...twinned and had been purchased in Niaslo in the Basha Valley. I examined it and thought that it could possibly...check-ins, so I had to wrestle the over-sized Braldu Valley that I had known, and we haggled endlessly until...was clear enough to seen such things from the Shigar Valley, and see the great 8000 meter peaks of the nothing...neared deposit ofChumar Bakhoor in Nagar. They Gilgit and veered south, the mighty Hindu had been found |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses") |  | | Journal (issue) | | completely exhausted, and future returns from this district will have to be drawn from the lode at a much...during the 30's was a mine in the desolate Pi Ibara District of western Australia, which operated only a few...large shapeless masses of white, cesium-bearing beryl at the northern end (Simpson 1929, p. I 00). He...exposed as alluvial matenal. An additional 30 tons of beryl \Vas exposed from nearby spots o_n the same pegmatite...idea was that a market could be developed for this beryl later. In 1931, Lady Deborah Hackett-Moulden as |  | | Journal (issue) | | phantom” in diamond • Color-zoned axinite from Pakistan • Multicolored fluorite from Brazil • Cr/V-bearing...Cr/V-bearing green spodumene from Afghanistan • Large beryl triplets imitating Colombian emeralds • Glass imitation...established a retail store in Tokyo’s premier shopping district, Ginza. The first overseas Mikimoto store opened...emeralds, the crystal cap is usually phenakite, beryl, or chrysoberyl, and may even be gold from the crucible...(Chatham) Flux emerald (Nacken) Hydrothermal red beryl Hydrothermal quartz (citrine) Short “needle” emanating |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Vuonnemite was first described from the Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia as a new...Hailing from the renowned Herja mine, Maramures district, Rumania, the 2-cm quartz crystals occur as simple...complex rare-earth pegmatite at Mt. Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi. It is the rare amphibole species arfvedsonite...collected last summer at Nieosla, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan— and Andreas Weerth and Herb Obodda |  | | Journal (issue) | | blue aquamarine from Madagascar • Diopside from Pakistan • Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North...diving off Bahrain • Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan and Afghanistan • Rediscovery of sapphires in...Consisting of synthetic alexandrite, amethyst, beryl, corundum, diamond, and fire opal, this collection...hydrothermal synthetic emeralds: that is, use of a natural beryl seed plate in an autoclave. The producer indicated...16). Although hydrothermally grown synthetic red beryl was produced in earlier decades, the detailed descriptions |  | | Journal (issue) | | International Update on benitoite • Large cat’s-eye beryl from India • Emerald mining techniques at the Kagem...Kashmir district has been at the center of a hostile border dispute between India and Pakistan for some...colors. Courtesy of Allerton Cushman & Co., Sun Valley, Idaho; photo by R. Weldon. About the same time...million carats of ruby were mined from the Luc Yen district, north of Hanoi. Described as “Burmese color,”... (The deposits also yielded other gems such as beryl, chrysoberyl, diamond, garnet, quartz, tourmaline |  | | Journal (issue) | | responsibility course 96 p. 168 Gem Notes Axinite from Pakistan|Cat’s-eye diaspore from Turkey|Polymerfilled star...Norway|Garnet mining in Tanzania|Kyanite from Pakistan|Black star sapphires from Liberia|Age of Myanmar...Laboratory in Kofu, Japan, covers demantoid from Pakistan, colour terminology in the gem trade, melee-size...STONES Axinite from Shigar Fort, Northern Pakistan While on a buying trip to Pakistan in October 2014, one...veins) located above Shigar Fort, a historical site on the outskirts of Shigar town. This area is the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fig. 3 Bournonite twins on pyrite, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department...included a wonderful small limb section ofYirgen Valley, Humboldt County, NY precious black opal and another...The bcryllonite from N yu t Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Northe rn Areas , Paki s tan was espeContinued...Siberia, Russia. Also, a large, clear, gemmy green beryl from Volyn, Ukra ine. And last, but not least, superb...here) in the room of Mr. Ali M. Baigzad of Freedom Valley Gems. Hi s spec ialty is Afghani mine rals and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colombia • Color-change fluorite • Herderite from Pakistan • Jeremejevite from Myanmar and Sri Lanka • Pink...samples from Colombia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (table 2). Of the latter samples...ItabiraNova Era, Brazil Santa Terezinha, Brazil Swat, Pakistan Panjshir, Afghanistan Cordillera Oriental, Columbia...South America (Colombia and Brazil), Asia (Russia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan), and Africa (Zambia and Zimbabwe)...D: Talc-carbonate schist–related emerald (Swat, Pakistan) • Category E: Muscovite schist–related emerald |  | | Journal (issue) | | & GEMOLOGY WINTER 2021 293 Figure 2. Mogok Valley just after sunrise. Mist fills the valleys and...area, but the town of Pein-Pyit and the Chaung-Gyi Valley to the northeast of Mogok city in particular are...town of Bernard-Myo and the north-south trending valley it lies in have a thriving sapphire mining and...syenite intrusions, forming sills. The center of the valley consists of this unit and stretches WSW-ENE, dipping...In the far western part of Mogok, near the Kin Valley, miners find blue sapphire and spinel mostly in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...The Minh Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . ....Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . .... The Minh Tien Tourmaline Mine Luc Yen Mining District Yenbai Province, Vietnam Dudley Blauwet Mountain...small villages along the flatness of the Red River Valley. The landscape was dotted with small rice and vegetable |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan • Color-change sphene from Pakistan/Afghanistan • Cobalt blue– colored...pattern has been reported in some opal from Virgin Valley, Nevada, but it was smaller and had a slightly...Diamonds Aquamarine, Maxixe-Type Beryl, and Hydrothermal Synthetic Blue Beryl A New Type of Synthetic Fire...million years old) sedimentary rocks of the Gers District between the Aquitaine and Languedoc regions of...to collect rubies at Datumbaresho, in the Hunza Valley. Photo by V. Pardieu. together with the chemical |  | | Journal (issue) | | spinel mining in Vietnam • Sphene from northern Pakistan • Spinel from Bawma, Myanmar • Green garnets reportedly...the proximity to San Diego’s historic pegmatite district, we will offer field trips to working gem mines...Diamonds Aquamarine, Maxixe-Type Beryl, and Hydrothermal Synthetic Blue Beryl A New Type of Synthetic Fire...a similar depth on the flank of the Great Rift Valley, 40 km from the present workings (Yapatsu Purpikole...Bittencourt Rosa D. (1990) Les opals nobles du district de Pedro II dans l’Etat de Piaui, region nord-est |  | | Report (issue) | | 125.00 or$45.00 Quaternary Geology of the Narmada Valley - A multidisciplinary approach. No. 48 : 1997,...Dona sector of Jonnagiri schist belt in Anatapur district, is being explored. Elsewhere, investigation for...etc., were produced from the gravels of Krishna Valley, Andhra Pradesh. The kimberlite pipes ofMajhgawan...MAHAPAT RA AND A. GUP TA, GOLD MINERALISATION IN SON VALLEY, SONBHADRA AND SIDHI DIST�IC TS,' D.P. AND M.P...ASSOCIATED MINERALISATION IN GULALDIH AREA SONBHADRA DISTRICT, , U T TAR PRADESH . --- lvI.A.KHAN. MANGALA |
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Arondu, Basha Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan