| | 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 | | | Book (volume) | (on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine...Muscovite) Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza River Valley, Pakistan, 58 Grube Beihilfe, Freiberg-Halsbrucke, Saxony...Potok Mine, Busovaca, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 24 Hydroxylherderite (with Tourmaline) Xanda Mine, Virgem Da Lapa...Dist., Tanzania, 50 Vayrynenite Gilgit, Haramosh Mtns., Shengus, Pakistan, 53 Wulfenite (on Mimetite) San | | | Journal (issue) | from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ 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...Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline | | | Journal (issue) | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...JanuaryâFebruary, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon âsole governorâ...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry...off complete anarchy, King Mindon decreed the district free and open to all for mining and trading. Additionally | | | Report (issue) | cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection, Jeff Scovil...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) | gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...England Wheal Duchy (Huel Dutchy) in the Callington District near the eastern border of Cornwall, was opened...crystal with epitactic spessartine, 3 cm, from Pakistan. Jeff Fast photo; J. S. White collection. would...crystal, 3.7 cm, from Locotal braccia, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia...spessartine crystal, 3.5 cm, from Shengus, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil photo; J. S. White | | | Journal (issue) | cm, from the Eagleâs Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection...Bustamite, 2.7 cm, from the North mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Stretch Young collection...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. a showcase...5 cm, from St. Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany. Francesco Bedogne collection | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang Districtâred arrowâhad 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, SeptemberâOctober, 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) | âa new mineral storeâ 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,â he said, âcollected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the SĂŁo Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskinâs 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) | by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan....................species will be inevitable; for instance, the Pakistan pegmatites covered here have also yielded superb...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Eichholzâs translation, 1971) âCariaâ is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The In dian stones...Gem and lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California. California Department | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Be2AlO4. Twinned crystals from the Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R100130 reproduced...HĂžgtuvaite Hsianghualite Hurlbutite Hyalotekite Hydroxylherderite Jeffreyite Joesmithite Khmaralite Leifite...Gadolinite-(Ce) 1850 BastnĂ€s mine, Skinnskatteberg District, Holtstam and Andersson (2007) Allen et al. (1996)...Harstigite 1825 Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Flink (1917) Jonsson (2004) VĂ€rmland, Swedena...Filipstad, VĂ€rmland, Sweden Grew et al. (1994) Hydroxylherderite 2670 BEP pegmatite, Bird River Greenstone | | | Journal (issue) | cleavelandite, 14.5 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Pakistan. Collectorâs Edge Minerals specimen; Jeff Scovil...undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang Districtâred arrowâhad 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, SeptemberâOctober, 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 | | | Journal (issue) | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD: Some...Collection (left to right): Topaz from Dassu, Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California;...from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite...specimen in many years: a fine matrix topaz from Pakistan. Joe was struck by the realization that he was...(clockwise fro m upper left): Spessartine from Pakistan; wulfenite from the San Francisco mine, Mexico; | | | Journal (issue) | was found at several localities in the Cradock district. Geologically, the area consists of shales and...2-ounce nugget was found in 1854; (4) the Montagu district where a 2-ounce nugget was found; (5) at Prella...the original discovery of alluvial gold in the district in 1882. âą' ' Figure II . (below) Edwin Bray...mineral occurrences which fringe the main commercial district have been studied in some detail. in order to...assess their genetic relationship to the main-district deposits (Heyl and West , 1982; Coveney and Goebel | | | Journal (issue) | localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens of zoisite...article. INTRODUCTION The Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A hot June night, streets teeming and pulsing...the previous summerâs religious altercation in Gilgit had again been inflamed by an assassination of | | | Journal (issue) | was found at several localities in the Cradock district. Geologically, the area consists of shales and...2-ounce nugget was found in 1854; (4) the Montagu district where a 2-ounce nugget was found; (5) at Prella...the original discovery o f alluvial gold in the district in 1882. The M ineralogical Record, volum e 23...mineral occurrences which fringe the main commercial district have been studied in some detail, in order to...assess their genetic relationship to the main-district deposits (Heyl and West, 1982; Coveney and Goebel | | | Journal (issue) | Axinites (CA). El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $10 v.21/#6 Nanisivik mine (Canada)...Afghanite $10 v.28/#l Illinois-Kentucky Fluorite District! Special Issue $10 v.28/#5 Hallâs Gap (KY), Szenicsite...County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v,10/#l Hydroxylherderite (Brazil), Bookson U.S. minerals $10 v.ll/#2...16/#5 Tourmaline Issue! (112 p.) Elba, Maine, Pakistan, Nepal, California, etc. $10 v,17/#5 Black Hills...Kalahari rhodochrosite, Paterson (NJ), Brumado district (Brazil), Bosch Collection $10 v.l0/#2 Jeffrey | | | Book (edition) | dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....and at Dassu and Shengus. 60 km ESE of Gilgit, both Skardu area. Northern Areas. Pakistan. Abundant occurrences...yelJow. H = Ghori, Zagi !',its., Khyber Agency, Pakistan. In lam2-3. D = 3.62. Np,m,g = 1.91, 2.03, 2.11...pegmatite at Mulla Ghori, Zagi Mts., Khyber Agency, Pakistan, in smaller amount but also in splendid red-brown...46(10) - Basmesite-(Ce), x 15 111111,Mui/a Glwri, Pakistan, G Barytolamprophyllite B BA r. 'ASrTE-(LA) | | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod...and quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake...deposits, ON; Atlin and Caribou, BC; and Klondike district, YT. In Mexico, Altar and Magdalena, SON; Parral...localities, AZ; Calico district, San Bernadino Co., Cerro Gordo(*), Inyo Co., Bodie district, Mono Co., and other...in CA. In Canada, at Cobalt(*) and Thunder Bay district, ON, Highland Bell mine(*), Beaverdell, BC, and | | | Journal (issue) | Pegmatites of Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: An Update on Recent World-Class Finds Peter Lyckberg...gem-quality crystals. The Karakorum Mountains of Pakistan have continued to produce large quantities of...manganotantalite, various microlites, triplite, green hydroxylherderite, beryllonite in cogwheel crystals up to 35...gem crystals up to 22 cm long. The area around Shengus and Bulochi, by the Indus River between Nanga Parbat...peridot from the Yiqisong Nanshan olivine ore district, a new mineral occurrence in Dunhua City in Chinaâs |
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Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan