 | | 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 (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 |  | | 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) | | 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...Nyet Bruk. siege while Baltistan was living up to its motto, "Peaceful Baltistan." But They were super |  | | 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...• 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...phenomenal aquamarine specimens from the Skardu district, Pakistan. Because of their relative importance, the |  | | Report (issue) | | include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and heliodor. Known for millennia, the beryl...as seen in the pink and blue crystal above from Pakistan, is not uncommon. This specimen is in the collection...(Sinkankas, 1981 ). Euhedral beryl, including goshenite, aquamarine and morganite, can be found adjacent...Aquamarine, heliodor, and goshenite are typically prismatic in habit, though both goshenite and aquamarine are...blue beryl on feldspar from the Northern Areas, Pakistan (upper left; collection Dudley Blauwet; photo |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |
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Sabsar, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan