 | | 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) | | and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...granite quartz, microcline, beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek...(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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...from Barringer Hili; K. Nash specimen and photo. Microcline, 8.5 cm, from Lake Buchanan, Llano County; Bruce... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo...cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Celestine..._~__, Apatite on feldspar, 8.6 cm, from Bulachi, Pakistan. Under shortwave ultraviolet light (top right) |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride...is gener ally at a stand-still throughout the district. The town of Cerbat played a lively role in the...the Cerbat M ountains and the Wallapai Mining District is extremely complex and beyond the scope of this...mine. DINGS, M. G. (1951) The Wallapai mining district, Cerbat Moun tains, Mohave County, Arizona. U |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Virtuous Lady mine, in the Tavistock district, Devon, where it also occurs as encrustation pseudomorphs;...Treak Cliff, at Castleton, in the Kinderscout district of Derbyshire, England (Webster and Anderson 1983)...the Caravia-Berbes district, the La Collada district, and the Arlós-Villabona district—each with distinctive...in the syenite pegmatites of the Langesundfjord district of southern Norway, where it is found as irregular...Fluorite is found in the Volodarsk-Volynski pegmatite district, Zhytomyr Oblast (also spelled Zhitomir on some |  | | 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...with large aesthetic crystalsoften found on a microcline or quartz matrix. Samples are found in cavities...Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection, Jeff Scovil |  | | 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) | | 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...crystals singly and in groups associated with microcline and quartz. The Tin Queen mica mine, also in...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment...cleavelandite variety of albite, lepidolite, and microcline. What made the microclines special were the muscovite |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...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 ...quartz with albite, 11 cm, from Nyet Bruk, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Roberto Appiani photo. "IMPERIAL" TOPAZ...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to |  | | 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) | | Pink fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of... Pink Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058...of the species. T EC MAR BA OOR PEGMATITES Chumar Bakhoor Peak is located at an elevation of 5,520 meters...in the Nagar district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Although it is geographically closer to Nagar village |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink,octahedralfluoritecrystalsfromChukarBaker,Nagar,Pakistan, collectedSeptember2006 Fire Dalllages Wright's...These were recent specimens from Chukar Bakor (Nagar, Pakistan). collected September 2006. of pink. octahedral...crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are...special exhibit will on Himalayan Minerals - think Pakistan and Afghanistan, hope for Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal...problem, and he tried to call to Stak and then to Gilgit to get some parts, but the telephone call could |  | | Report (issue) | | Union & DMITRI BELAKOVSKJ China BY GUANGHUA LIU Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET Fluorite from Japan BY YOSHIRO... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Right: Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur |  | | 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 (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...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from... 11.2 cm, from the La Viesca mine, La Collada district, Asturias, Spain. Supplement to the Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals...Caste (beautiful but common): Calcite Galena Microcline Quartz Smithsonite Fluorite Seventh Caste (unattractive... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part I) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...(Continues on page 3) ----2 Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) And this is where I come...journey up the rugged Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Pakistan with more mental baggage than one should normally...season in the mountains. It is Ramadan to boot.( In Pakistan and Afghanistan they spell and pronounce it Rama=a11with...then sleep hard on the early morning jaunt to Pakistan. The 1st ofNo,·ember da,vned clear and cool, a |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd...Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11 |  | | Catalog/List | | 72002 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality... 72004 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic...72005 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold...72006 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat... 72011 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA There is |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection; Jeff Scovil photo. (lower left) Amazonite microcline with smoky quartz, 8.5 cm, Tree Root pocket,...10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe Budd photo. This...COLLECTION Schort on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This... Farne Museum in Leadville, the Cripple Creek District Museum, and the Western Museum of Mining and Industry...list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results for gold and...Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dana No . 315. MICROCLINE, (Var. Amazonite) K 2 0. A.l 2 0 3 • 6S i O2...Price $1 to $5 each postpa id ldocrase x1s from Pakistan? We have theml Bermanite from Arizona? We have |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schorl, quartz, albite - 9,5 x 8 cm Aromosh, Pakistan Spécimen : Gobin Sari Photo: L-D. Bayle Liddicoatite...terne. La localité qui nous avait été signalée (Nagar) est donc erronée car il s'agit de Bidkin près d'...(amphibole) associée à l'aegyrine (pyroxène) et au microcline blanc (avec un peu de zircon), en provenance...identifier des sulfosels (com. pers. N. Meisser). PAKISTAN - C'est sans doute LA pièce minéralogique qui...grands monts Haramosh, d'un site localisé sur le district de Skardu que nous ayons pu voir ! 20 pièces seulement |  | | Journal (issue) | | as a civil engineer for the Metropolitan Water District. While working in the desert on the electric transmission...collecting; they took field trips to the Mesa Grande district, the Crestmore quarry, and other localities, and...state is intersected by the Findlay Arch mineral district. The area is characterized by a continental temperate...to those at Elmwood, Tennessee, the Tri-State district of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, and others throughout...inclusion, and isotopic studies of the Findlay Arch district, northwestern Ohio, Economic Geology, 89 (1), |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli for...together with similar pegmatites in nearby regions of Pakistan, have perhaps been the most important new specimen-producing...volume 48, September–October, 2017 Afghanistan and Pakistan. These informants have visited many of the deposits...specimens at their sources and in the Peshawar, Pakistan market, as well as on the world market, and some...centered itself in Peshawar, Pakistan. Whether originating specifically in Pakistan or Afghanistan, most gems |  | | Journal (issue) | | The K-feldspar laths, consisting principally of microcline and sanidine, are rimmed by albite. Nepheline...of view 15 cm. They are typically lined with microcline, aegirine and natrolite, which are the earliest...very few mineral species other than natrolite. A microcline lining, typical of miarolitic cavities, is rarely...Lorenzenite Magadiite Makatite M angan-neptunite Microcline M ontmorillonite Muscovite Natrolite Nenadkevichite...long, and as colorless, epitactic overgrowths on microcline crystals. A single microprobe analysis (WDS) |
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