 | | 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...19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil Collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Libraries, Kingston"] at 08:14 13 August 2013 Fluorite in Granitic Pegmatites MARK IVAN JACOBSON 1714...octahe- dral or cubic fluorite crystals perched on earlier-formed minerals. Fluorite is almost always a...quartz are enhanced by a purple or green cube of fluorite hanging from a crystal face or nestled on a crystal...Index map showing the major worldwide pegmatitic fluorite localities, prepared by William Besse. The numbers...right page). 134 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. Fluorite, 10 × 7.2 × 5.7 cm, from the Conway Granite, near |  | | Journal (issue) | | Laura Aaron collection, page 11. (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite-Bruce and Marcia Friedman collection, page 105;...collection, page 155; Fluorite-Samuel Cooper collection, page 67. (rniddle colurnn) Fluorite, 5.3 cm, from Naica...many fine specimens of gadolinite, smoky quartz, fluorite, feldspar in crystals to five feet across, and...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | us through illumination. —Troy Wilensky PINK FLUORITE Pink fluorites are quite scarce and desirable...Mongolia and Pakistan. Each locality produces distinctly different variations of pink fluorite. The interconnected...pink fluorite sit atop a matrix of thin gleaming transparent blades of muscovite. Each fluorite crystal...light. Pink Fluorite on Muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 9 cm tall...Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm wide 17 FLUORITE ON CELESTINE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Part 2 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China...South American fluorite localities (Pohwat 2013). In this installment I look at fluorite specimens from...reiterating what I wrote in the first installment, fluorite is a mineral deserving of a separate book, so...tour. Europe England has long been known for its fluorite specimens, in particular those from the north...1874, p. 77), Bryce M. Wright Jr. said of English fluorite, “It is perhaps the most beautiful of all English |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................February 14, 1998. The topic of the symposium will be fluorite and other Alpine minerals— the theme minerals...his collection were directed particularly toward fluorite, and over the years he amassed a very important...remarkable collection of French and world wide fluorite specimens. He was the author of approximately...Sharleen K. Harvey Alexis Chermette (1902-1996) Fluorite, a good synthesis o f his life’s work on that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | favorite from the locality. Figure 5 (right). Fluorite on dolomite, 8.2 cm high, from Shangbao, Hunan...fluorites are absolutely exquisite. Figure 6 (below). Fluorite, 10.5 cm high, from Mount Antero, Chaffee County...from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen. The feature...University] at 20:57 24 December 2014 Figure 10. Fluorite, 11.5 cm high, from Riemvasmaak, Republic of South...2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is the type |  | | Journal (issue) | | PEZZOTIA, F. (1999) Selvino e Zogno: quartz and fluorite . Rivista Mineralogica ltaliana, 23 (3), 146-156... 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Roberto Appiani photo. FLUORITE 10.3 cm (with crystals to 3.8 cm on edge), from...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE |  | | Report (issue) | | muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection...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...Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection, Jeff Scovil...light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col lection, Joe |  | | Journal (issue) | | Two Articles Pink fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . ....found, as well as albite, smoky quartz, goethite, fluorite, and many rare species at their various commercial...Colorado to mine specimen rhodochrosite, h bnerite, fluorite, svanbergite and goyazite crystals. Other localities...Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of...March–April, 2007 93 Pink Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via |  | | Journal (issue) | | /Tiffany Connection By Vivien Gomitz The Cerrillos District, around 20 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico...sufficed to stimulate a turquoise boom in the district, soon erasing the memory of the earlier disappointing...was one of the most productive m the Cerrillos district. But as with many mines, its heyday was shortlived...H., 1995a. Turquoise Mining History-Cerrillos District Turquoise Mining History. New Mexico Abandoned...:00 p.m. and began the forty-five minute drive to Nagar proper. We backtracked for about twenty minutes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | muscovite, 18 × 13 cm, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Bonisoli specimen 5727...doubly terminated crystal, 16 × 7 cm, from the Pech district, Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Bonisoli...cm, from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Bonisoli specimen 5732, Jeff Scovil...expects to see in an aesthetic collection (gold, fluorite, rhodochrosite, wulfenite, and quartz, among others) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:10 29 December 2014 Aquamarine, Shigar, Pakistan, 8 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Ciudad Universitaria] at 14:10 29 December 2014 Fluorite, Berbes, Spain, 15 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger ...10.5 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm, Kombat mine, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia; Augustin de Valence...cm, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Alessandro Clemenza photo...5 × 5.5 cm, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Simanjiro district, Tanzania; James Elliot/Fine Minerals International |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink,octahedralfluoritecrystalsfromChukarBaker,Nagar,Pakistan, collectedSeptember2006 Fire Dalllages Wright's...The Miinchen buzz was about the fabulous pink fluorite specimens offered by Riccardo Prato. These were...Chukar Bakor (Nagar, Pakistan). collected September 2006. of pink. octahedral fluorite crystals on a...touch more purplish. less yellow than the pink fluorite from the Alps - we are not talking color, we talk...(Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are at least as interesting as the fluorite, though |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pay for many other museum programs. Figure 9. Fluorite, 32.5 cm wide, from Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County...the new structure in a manner befitting the arts district. True to form, the interior consists entirely...England and Germany, and rarities from Tsumeb and Pakistan. Quite a few of Marc Weill’s specimens ended up...Pseudomalachite, 18.7 × 15.0 × 15.5 cm, from the Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic...aesthetic, mineralogically signif- Figure 19. Fluorite with beryl, variety aquamarine, and muscovite |  | | Report (issue) | | there is an exceptional and unusual, one-of-a-kind fluorite specimen which I insist you appreciate. The specimen...and lustrous, pale pink octahedral crystal of fluorite with complex, apparently dodecahedral, “steps”...Of course we already know about octahedral pink fluorite from Swiss and French Alpine clefts, from the...the old Huanzala mine in Peru, from Chumar Bakhoor in Pakistan and 7 =================================...Shangbao is one of China’s great (though short-lived) fluorite localities, known before now for its very attractive |  | | 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...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...deposit of Panasquiera, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal, has yielded some nice examples of muscovite |  | | Report (issue) | | Soft Myrrhine The Barber Cup Carved of banded fluorite, the Barber Cup is thought to be one of only a...British Museum in London houses two extraordinary fluorite vessels: the Barber and Crawford cups. The Crawford...must have been carved from a soft stone such as fluorite. In probably the most famous example of the Roman...today as fluorite. While modem collectors continue to have a strong predilection for fluorite, they will... Contents 4 Fluorite: from Ancient Treasures to Modern Labs and Collections 72 13 Fluorite Luminescence |  | | 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) | | Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection, Jeff Scovil...Fluorapatite on muscovite, 7 cm tall, Nagar, Hunza Valley, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. MIM Museum specimen, James...the Himalayan pegmatites and Alpine clefts of Pakistan and Afghanistan (Blauwet 2013; Rakovan 2013a);...Rural City, Victoria Aberfoyle mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania Complex metamorphosed sedimentary exhalative...Paraíba: e.g., Sapo mine, Ferruginha; Golconda district, Governador Valadares; Linópolis, Divino das |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sadisdorf im Erzgebirge• Weltfundstelle: Chumar Bakhoor/Pakistan • Mineralien der Loja, Österreich (11)...Quarz (II 63 Edelstein-Pegmatite in Pakistan : Chumar Bakhoor 67 Ein Kristallfund am Nordmeer 78...aus alpinotypen Gängen im Tormiq-Tal, nördliches Pakistan, sind auf farblos-durchsichtigen oder leicht...Einschluss in Quarz-Kristallen aus den ZagiBergen in Pakistan. Cebait-(Ce) Ba 3Ce 2(F2l(CO3) 5) Dieses extrem...Einschluss in Quarz-Kristallen aus den ZagiBergen in Pakistan . Wolframate Scheelit Ca(WO4 ) Eine herrliche |  | | Book (volume) | | that are obviously beautiful, like an Illinois Fluorite or a colorful Tourmaline. And, those that are...(on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine...Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee, 10, 47 (with..., S. Africa, 22 Fluorite (on Muscovite) Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza River Valley, Pakistan, 58 Grube Beihilfe...N’Chwaning Mine, N. Cape Prov., S. Africa, 69 (on Fluorite) Wuton Mine, Wuzhou Pref., Guangxi Reg., China |  | | Journal (issue) | | sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... 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...matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Supplement |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...111, 184 Euclase 47, 175 Fluorapatite 59, 139 Fluorite 59, 63, 163 Galena 151 Gold 125, 167, 184 Hydroxyl-herderite...France Hematite "roses" from Switzerland Pink fluorite from the Swiss Alps Bournonite from the Herodsfoot...sub-collections! Eric Asselborn' s pyromorphite, fluorite and French collections are exceptional. Mike Bergmann'...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | “a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...pleasing, my main focus is on fluorite, calcite and quartz. I collect fluorite and calcite because of the...mineral collecting. All photos are by Jeff Scovil. Fluorite, 9 cm, from Valzerques, Aveyron, Occataine, France...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo |
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