 | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Zagi Mt., near Kafoor Dheri, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 4.773 (100), 6.105 (95)...23.55 2.72 100.25 (1) Zagi Mt., near Kafoor Dheri, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; average electron microprobe...aegirine, microcline, fergusonite-(Y), zircon. Distribution: From Zagi Mountain, near Kafoor Dheri, ~4 km...Warsak and 30 km northwest of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Name: The suffix indicates...new gadolinite-supergroup mineral from Zagi Mountain, Pakistan. Can. Mineral., 58, 549-562. Mineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | between the two phases. Associated minerals include microcline, smoky quartz, and fluorite as centimeter-sized...batholith are Crystal Park, Cookstove Mountain (Stove Mountain), Saint Peters Dome, and Mount Rosa (Raines...(Raines 2001). From Cookstove Mountain, Glass and Adams (1953) described a reddish-brown 5.5-cm pseudo-octahedron...the rhombic dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated...(microcrystals), and at Moat Mountain in Conway, Carroll County; at North Sugarloaf Mountain in Bethlehem, Grafton |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zagi Mountain Northwest Frontier Province Pakistan Herbert Obodda Box 51 Short Hills NJ 07078 Peter Leavens...Newark DE 19716 Zagi Mountain and related sites near Peshawar on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan...the fierce heat I found when I arrived in Peshawar, Pakistan was truly shocking. It had been only a month...half my lifetime! Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North West Frontier Province, was the first stop...northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, the latter country lying only 30 miles to the west, over the Khyber Pass |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bastnas Mines, Riddarhyttan Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Vastmanland, Sweden ........... 187 by L. Ohman... Nysten, and J. Langhof Zagi Mountain, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan ....... . ....... 205 by...BASTDAS ffiIDES RIDDARHYTTAD ORE FIELD, BERGSLAGED DISTRICT, VASTffiADLADD, SillEDED Lennart Ohman Hi:igviltsvagen...certainty from the mid-14th century, making this district one of the oldest in Sweden. Though the mine was...one of the oldest parts of the Riddarhyttan ore district, was mainly mined for copper during the 18th century |  | | 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...providing research and information. From his office in Peshawar, Shafiee enlisted the help of his many contacts |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Midwest Federation (1940), and the Rocky Mountain Federation (1941). One of the early thumbnail...cm, from the Eagle’s 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...from the Kombat mine, southern area of the Otavi Mountain Land, 37 km east of Otavi, Namibia. Ralph Clark...from the Kombat mine, southern area of the Otavi Mountain Land, 37 km east of Otavi, Namibia. Ex John Barlow |  | | Catalog/List | | the rarer Zeolites Malegaon near Nashik, Nashik District ,Maharashtra India lxl.5 inches £25 2 TRILITHIONITE...about 9mm across an 2mm thick Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakistan £40 28 ACTINOLITE attractive pure...white Feldspar, and Magnetite xls Shigar Valley, Pakistan half mch £5 GOLD micro crystal section on quartz...Gwynedd Wales lx2 £4 ALMANDINE pegmatite coarse microcline, Muscovite and some small garnets _g_uite an |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | aquamarine, microcline, and quartz, 12.8 cm high, from Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Pala International...specimen. I have seen a lot of aquamarines from Pakistan, but on this one I particularly like the doubly...doubly terminated crystal perched so nicely on the microcline with the quartz crystal for balance. Figure...crystals to 1.8 cm, from Mulla Gora, Zagi Mountain, Khyber Agency, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen specimen. It is...8 cm high, from Paprook, Kunar Province, Afghanistan; Green Mountain Minerals specimen. Although I have |  | | Report (issue) | | flattened habit, from the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. Simone Citon collection...from the Cozzodici mine, Casteltermino, Agrigento Province, Sicily. The noteworthy fact about these specimens...crystal cluster on matrix, 4.6 cm, from Zagi Mountain in Pakistan. The Mineralogical Record published an...crystal cluster on microcline with ilmenite (?), 4.6 cm, from Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan. Rudolf Watzl...San Cristobal, San Vincente de Cañete, Cañete Province, Lima Department, Peru. McDougall Minerals specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | a collecting trip to Rockhound Gulch on Denny Mountain in King County, Washington, where the two collected...cookeite crusts from elbaite; iron stains from microcline; The Mineralogical Record, volume 54, July–August...right. Beneath is a map and cross-section of the mountain on the left and a scene of workers (inset) at...region became a key area for the understanding of mountain building processes worldwide. The Simplon region...Chlorite (chloritoid?) Clinochlore Laumontite Microcline Muscovite Orthoclase Quartz Spessartine Titanite |  | | Report (issue) | | the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa. Dan Carlson specimen; Jeff Scovil...Spessartine from Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World...villages of Soghan and Bagha Borsch in Kerman Province, 6 Iran. The cat's-eye is caused by oriented...Schorlomite from Bou-Agrao Mountain in the High Atlas Mountains, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tajilalet Region...uranium-vanadium deposit of the Sandy Mine in the Laguna District, New Mexico, is the type locality for goldmanite |  | | Report (issue) | | sprinkled all over white, blocky single crystals of microcline or sparkling crests of albite (variety cleavelandite)...crystals from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Colorless, transparent topaz crystals of modest...Childrenite crystals on microcline, 5.5 cm, from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Trinity Minerals...busy website specializing in quartz varieties, Pakistan/Afghanistan minerals, and some jewelry on the...Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Colorado Gem & Mineral Company specimen and photo |  | | Book | | MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain...Maderanertal drainage flows west-southwest from a mountain massif to join the Reuss River at the town of...attacking it once again as a blizzard began on the mountain, Isseponi lay down on the freezing ground and...Kukisvumchorr Mountain, and plates to 1 meter are known from Poachvumchorr (Evseev, 1995a). Vavnbed Mountain, Lovozero |  | | Journal (issue) | | and amygdaloids) identified in the Lake Superior District. One of the most economically and mineralogically...copper deposit. Many mineral specimens from the district have lost their provenance and can no longer be...industrial mining efforts in the Lake Superior District. Native American mining, starting as early as...early success brought much-needed capital to the district which allowed for the discovery and development...mine almost every major copper deposit in the district. European prospectors did best when they looked |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International P. O. Box 302...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...from militants. Every local mountain person with whom we spoke in Peshawar refused to travel through the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil specimen; Jeff Scovil photo...localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...of Tonglushan, near the city of Daye in Hubei Province, have revealed important historical information...being put into practice (Sommerlatte, 1985). The province of Yunnan, in the southwestern part of the Chinese...beginning in the second decade of the 18th century the province developed into one of the most important centers |  | | Journal (issue) | | granitic pegmatite, Carnaüba dos Dantas, Seridö district, Rio Grande do Norte state (Ferreira, 2001, pers...from the Alto Mirador granitic pegmatite, Seridö district, NE of Carnaüba dos Dantas, Ermo village, Rio...lithium-rich Borborema sub-province of the northeastern gemmological province (Pinto and PedrosaSoares...bodies of the Poaiâ pegmatite. Sao José da Safira district, Minas Gérais state. The Poaiâ pegmatite is one...garnet-bearing pegmatites of the Sao José da Safira district and the gemstones possess orange-red, reddish-orange |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Quartz, 12 cm, from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. Frédéric Escaut specimen and photo (courtesy...above the title, representing the country, state, province or city in which the locality is situated. Occasionally...daughters to a religious community in the Dutch province of Friesland, then later to Amsterdam. There she |  | | Journal (issue) | | spinel deposit of An Phu, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225...12th level of the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Colorado in 1914 (see “The Cresson Vug, Cripple...1998. Wayne Thompson had bought this piece in Pakistan in 1993 and sold it to Horner. Jeff Scovil photo...near the Fazenda Dardanelos, in Barra de Cuieté district, 5 km from the town of Conselheiro Pena. Only...found someone understanding of his devotion to mountain climbing and minerals. He was transferred to the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogy of the Spring Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number...and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper and...May–June, 2005 Figure 9. Aquamarine, [Shirlovaya Mountain], Adun Chilon, Siberia. 4.5 ⫻ 15 cm. Lot 2025...artist White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 8, 1– 9 + 12 un-numbered...III: White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 9, 113. BRIGHTON, T. (1983) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Valley fog and the Tourmaline Queen Mine on Queen Mountain, as seen from the Oceanview Mine. M. Mauthner...specimen. 585 m high Tourmaline Queen or Queen Mountain. It is located 2.7 km to the north of Pala and...International, Inc., became involved in the Pala mining district when Ed Swoboda purchased the Stewart Lithia,...economics forced us to make the necessary move up the mountain. After much talking and planning, Ed arranged...operations, both small and large, present on the same mountain. The best known are the Tourmaline King Mine and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....March–April, 2005 Miners from throughout the Tri-State District brought him specimens which he bought for the...Mineral Localities: The Cripple Creek Mining District Colorado Carl R. Carnein Associate Professor of...Geology Museum Golden, CO 80401 The Cripple Creek District, discovered in 1891 by Cowboy Bob Womack, was...mines, making it the third most productive gold district in the history of the United States. At least |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...James RiverRoanoke River manganese and iron mining district. Mining for iron ore began during the Revolutionary...turquoise were reported (Sterrett, 1910). The district was explored for manganese ores by the Otter River...portion of the James River–Roanoke River manganese district, west of Lynch Station (after Espenshade, 1954)...deposits of the James River-Roanoke River manganese district. U.S.Geological Survey Bulletin 1008,134–135. |  | | Book (edition) | | serpentine (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 Albite NaAlSi3O8, microcline KAlSi3O8 Diopside CaMgSi2O6, spodumene LiAlSi2O6...877.6 2 1000 1050 1100 Exc. 785 nm Hunan Province 3+ Nd -I 885.8 850.5 Intensity (a.u.) c...638 2+ Mn 640 702 λex=532 nm 3+ 3.0 Pryor Mountain, Big Horn County, Mantana, USA 8 Intensity (a...694 0 550 b 600 650 700 4 Diako, Sandare District, Mali OH Intensity (a.u.) 750 3 λex=532 nm...(a.u.) 1100 ? 752 Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny, Russia 20 e 1050 693 60 3+ 1000 |  | | Journal (issue) | | from Colorado • Color-change bastnäsite-(Ce) from Pakistan • Citrine with pyrite inclusions • Unusual danburite...artisanal diggers, such as these miners in Lunda-Norte Province in northwest Angola. Photo © 2007 Olivier Polet/Corbis...Miao, He Jainhua, and Yang Jinlong of Zhejiang Province; to Joyce Pan, Shao Wei Huan, Wang Jian, and Zhan...Pearls Cultivation Holding Co. in Weitang, Jiangsu Province; and to Johnny Chan of the Hong Kong Pearl Association...amphiboles (pargasite and edenite) from China and Pakistan (see Kanaan, 2002; Blauwet et al., 2004; Lu et |
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Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan