 | | 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...(variety aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by |  | | 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) | | variety aquamarine, 9 cm high, from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy...variety aquamarine and albite, 18.2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus...type of elegant, clean, gem crystal that has made Pakistan famous. Figure 11. Brookite and quartz, 6.4 cm...cm high, from Dalbundi, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. I like the way the classic zoning...cm high, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is an exquisite |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 258. Inside back cover: (left colurnn) Aquamarine-Glenn & Janis Rising collection, page 218; Ruby-Michael...gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally Mann collection, page 193. (rniddle colurnn)...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...Primorskiy Kray, Russia. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Aquamarine with spessartine, muscovite and feldspar, 10 |  | | 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...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo...the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006... Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...Topaz, 8 x 10.5 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil; C: Aquamarine, 6.5 x 14.1 cm, Pioneer mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil;...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Dassu, on the Braldu River in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. With the road to Chutron in the...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...that to sell to me. I had come to Pakistan and particularly to Baltistan. The blues feeling of the first...com 4 Mineral News February 2008 colored aquamarine and topaz. This time it had produced large pink |  | | Journal (issue) | | were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...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...ultimately decided in eBay’s favor when the U.S. District Court of New York determined that the burden of... p. 178. ——— (2002b) Gem News International: Aquamarine and spessartine from Tanzania. G&G, Vol. 38, |  | | Report (issue) | | Stoppaniite Fabio Tamagnini Page 40 Emerald and Aquamarine in Canada Lee A. Groat Page 22 Beryl Color Varieties...References Page 112 Author's Addresses Right: Aquamarine Rough from Marijao, Madagascar is sorted in a...lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient gemstone, aquamarine is well suited to modern design. The Bernd Munsteiner...are widely used (see page 22). These include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and...emerald and aquamarine are surrounded by the ancient mysticism of birthstones. Emerald, aquamarine and beryl |  | | Journal (issue) | | black tourma line. These are very fine ma\rix aquamarine specimens; prices are S850 \o $6.500. and are...He had one cabinet size specimen in which the aquamarine was in a cavity and con\ac\ed on both ends, but...ro s ite fro m the Arrowhead c laim, Slic krock District. Uta h. T hese are of unus ually large crystals...ma tri x from the Mountain King Mi ne. Po to i District. Osgood Mo unt a ins. Humbo ldt Co unty. NY ....cry stals fro m near Johnny Gulch. Radersburg District. MT; and other self-collected Montana specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | altered to datolite. All the sulfide deposits in the district formed during the second period of skam formation...and at present is the largest producer in the district. Sadoviy Mine The Sadoviy (Garden) mine is currently...found in small amounts with other sulfides in the district. Masses up to 1 cm (but no crystals) have been...rare accessory mineral in skams throughout the district, especially in the Bor pit. The Mineralogical...Aragonite is an uncommon secondary mineral in the district, found as acicular masses at the Second Sovietskiy |  | | 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...Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo Lower...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined individual...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur |  | | Journal (issue) | | Notes Antigorite serpentine from northwestern Pakistan|‘Black’ axinite| Beryl from Tanzania with phenakite...Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large ruby matrix...Osun State, Nigeria| Cat’s-eye väyrynenite from Pakistan|Quartzite and calcite bangles resembling jadeite|Large...COLOURED STONES Antigorite Serpentine from North-West Pakistan During the 2015 Tucson gem shows in Arizona, USA...north-west Pakistan by two different dealers. Syed Iftikhar Hussain (Syed Trading Co., Peshawar, Pakistan) donated |
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Sabsar, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan