 | | 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) | | Central Sweden High Himalaya, Nepal Stak Nala, northeast Pakistan Koktokay # 3 pegmatite, NW China Sierras...Colorado, USA Trout Creek Pass District, Colorado, USA Mojave District, Arizona, USA Searchlight Dist...Nevada, USA Barringer Hill, Llano, Texas, USA White Mts., New Hampshire, USA Wausau Complex, Wisconsin, USA...Nevada, USA Barringer Hill, Llano, Texas, USA White Mts., New Hampshire, USA Wausau Complex, Wisconsin, USA...central Sweden High Himalaya, Nepal Stak Nala, northeast Pakistan Koktokay # 3 pegmatite, northwest China |  | | 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) | | resulted in hundreds of pounds of specimens of xenotime, fergusonite, "cyrtolite" (metarnict zircon) and...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...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) |  | | Book | | Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within |  | | Journal (issue) | | American Museum of Natural History. Fine specimens of xenotime, chrysoberyl, garnet, dumortierite, stilbite,...00. Tourmaline —Stak Nala, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Baltistan, Pakistan. 114” x 114” x 114”...crystal measures 3.1 cm. Bruce Barlow collection. PAKISTAN EPIDOTE Some exceptional and distinctive epidote...epidote crystals have come out of northern Pakistan recently. The crystals are up to 9 cm tall, very lustrous...Gerais, Brazil. Figure 5. Epidote crystals from Pakistan. Width: 2.3 and 2.5 cm. Western Minerals specimens |  | | Book | | Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257... A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The Fat...24:67 Famous mineral local.ities: the Rush Creek district, Marion County, Arkansas (by D. A. Richards) 24:285-299...17:381-382 ARTINITE Artinite from [the New ldria district,) San Benito County, California (by S. L. Cisneros |  | | Catalog/List | | ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca Cu Zn SO/4 Blue crusts on matrix.(Galurio Mts Arizona USA) See Min Rec Vol 27 No 3. lxlins £5 lx2ins...(Magnification needed) (Schlackental, Nr Oberschulenberg Harz Mts ,Germanyj 2cm £4.50 . 153 CLINOTYROLITE CaCu(As,S)...LOCATION (Berezov,Ekaterinburg was Sverdlovsk, Ural Mts Russia) matrix size lx!4 £4 lx2ins £8 163 GALENA...18 B) group of 2 or 3 xls £25. (Nangur,Pabaut Pakistan) Z E 0 L I T E S 017 ANALCITE. Zeolite Group...cotton wool like masses on rock, some Qucr (New Water Mts, near Eagle Eye La Paz County, Arizona) ixK r 1x1 |  | | Catalog/List | | (Magnification needed) (Schlackental, Nr Oberschulenberg Han Mts ,Ger_many)2cmf4. 50 213 CHRYSOCOLLA Cu Al Silicate...TYPELOCATION (Berezov,Er.aterinburg was Sverdlovsk, Ural Mts Russia) lxl. 5 ins E8 250 GALENA Lead Sulphide ricb...very good clean 9·ece (Franklin New Jersey 36 XENOTIME perfect (Novo Horizonte, single Bahia, brcwn...garnet like bruising shape on on~ SCHORL. 2ins (Stak Nala,Pa C) 1.25 long single terminated istan) f12...pink cockcomb (Mibladen Morocco) ins crystals. Mts Russia) CHLOANTHITE. A rich Arsenic lxl f5 crystals |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...(Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in the early...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...bastnasite-(Ce), parisite-(Ce), genthelvite and xenotime, which ~uickly reached the Western market-for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Borborema belt in Brazil, and in the Pala District of southern California. The spatial association...expression], zircon, bastnäsite-(Ce), parisite-Ce, xenotime-(Y), caysichite, Y-rich milarite, hingganite-(Y)...members of the samarskite, fergusonite, monazite, xenotime, gadolinite, allanite, and bastnäsite groups,...among the pegmatite bodies in the South Platte District of the Pikes Peak batholith, are internally produced...Ta- and Sn-mineralized pegmatites of the Wodgina district, in Western Australia (Sweetapple & Collins 2002) |  | | Report (issue) | | Schor! and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil;...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...and Parafba, Brazil; Sahatany Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley...Valley, Afghanistan and the Malkhan district in Russia's Transbaikal region have been the source of many...terminations from Shigar Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The crystal on the left is 2. 7 cm tall. Collection |  | | Book (edition) | | dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island), Vole. (volcano)...at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...564(6) - Fraser R., all British Columbia, in Granite Mts., Wy1.084(7) - 1.052(9). Long-bladed, sometimes oming...in Placer and Monterey Actinolite, 70 mm, Rila Mts., Bulgaria, G Actinolite - byssolite, 50 mm, Valle |  | | 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. •' ' Figure II . (below) Edwin Bray...Tourmaline Troilite Tucekite Uraninite Uranothorite Xenotime After Phillips and Myers (1987). The table was...mineral occurrences which fringe the main commercial district have been studied in some detail. in order to |  | | Book (edition) | | munic. St. Ste. Is. Mt. district municipio Saint Sainte island mount, mountain Mts. R. Penin. Vole. Plat...(NH4)4NaFe2[(OH)2Cll(SO4)4)Willichen, all Schwarzwald Mts., ermany, also at the (7.B). Tetragonal, 14,lacd...of the Verkhnyy Chegem caldera, Northern aucasus Mts., Ru sia. ZRMO 141, 2, 21-31, 2012. ALLANITE-(ND)...baratovite, etc. in the Dara-i-Pioz alkaline massif, Alai Mts., Tajikistan. NDM 45, 5-16, 2010. Alflarsenite NaCa...near Madrid, Spain, on the Ulyn Khuren Mt., Altai Mts., Mongolia, in pegmatites in Japan, etc. AM 97, 983-988 | | | 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...Tourmaline Troilite Tucekite Uraninite Uranothorite Xenotime After Phillips and Myers (1987). The table was...mineral occurrences which fringe the main commercial district have been studied in some detail, in order to |  | 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... gold is found on the eastern slope of the Ural Mts. for a distance of 500 miles, from Nizhne Tagilsk...localities, AZ; Calico district, San Bernadino Co., Cerro Gordo(*), Inyo Co., Bodie district, Mono Co., and other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wurtzite Xanthochroite Xanthophyllite/clintonite Xenotime-(Y) Zincite Zinckenite Zinnwaldite Zircon Zoisite...serpentine) and chromian clinochlore, Samani, Ural Mts., Russia. 3.2. Magmatic chromium deposits Chromium...sediments but rarely in volcanic rocks e.g., Cobalt district of Ontario, Canada, Wittichen, Richelsdorf, Bieber...Jachymov, Czech Republic, Black Hawk District, USA, Batopilas District, Mexico (Fig. 04.01). These vein-type...gemological products (Fig. 04.10). In the Marlborough district of Queensland, Australia, it occurs within the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wurtzite Xanthochroite Xanthophyllite/clintonite Xenotime-(Y) Zincite Zinckenite Zinnwaldite Zircon Zoisite...serpentine) and chromian clinochlore, Samani, Ural Mts., Russia. 3.2. Magmatic chromium deposits Chromium...sediments but rarely in volcanic rocks e.g., Cobalt district of Ontario, Canada, Wittichen, Richelsdorf, Bieber...Jachymov, Czech Republic, Black Hawk District, USA, Batopilas District, Mexico (Fig. 04.01). These vein-type...gemological products (Fig. 04.10). In the Marlborough district of Queensland, Australia, it occurs within the |  | | Journal (issue) | | result of a several weeks stay at Matara, which gem district he visited in response to an urgent request for...Belligam. He also noted that zircons of the Matara district receive the name "Matara diamonds" for their finest...muscovite 4- plagioclase (oligoclase andesine) 4- xenotime* (sample 4) Ruby 4- phlogopite (sample 5) Ruby...plagioclase (oligoclase) + K-feldspar + zircon 4- xenotime (sample 9) Ruby 4- margarite 4- tourmaline (sample...equigranular groundmass with accessory zircon and xenotime (Plate 8). The plagioclase grains are commonly |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................First Edition, 1903, pg 231, plate 44 Miask, Ilmen Mts., Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia 12.3 cm Zincolivenite...Cleavelandite N Chwaning I Mine, South Africa Stak Nala, Pakistan 4.4 x 3.6 x 2.9cm 10.0 x 6.0 x 3.6cm WE...volume 50, September–October, 2019 The Golconda District Minas Gerais, Brazil Carlos Cornejo1 Andrea Bartorelli2...found at different times in other mines in the district, including the Areião, Pedra Azul or Zé Pedra |  | | 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...3.5 cm, from Shengus, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil photo; J. S. White collection. scale |  | | Journal (issue) | | “evenhandedness,” but it doesn’t work that way: when a land district has only six snowmobiles in the whole area, the...found by your club president asking the local district ranger for a “ policy statem ent” on mineral collecting...proactive in the regulatory process. Why should the district ranger (or anyone else) pay any attention to our...just ten collectors in your congress person’s district call up, as a group, that congressperson’s office...SHOW Simply fine & classic worldwide minerals Pakistan • Eastern Europe North & South Africa F r a n |  | | Book | | Natural metasomatic sanidine from Volkesfeld, Eifel Mts., Germany contains only traces of structurally bound...of sturmanite from the Black Rock mine, Kuruman District, South Africa, determined from its crystal structure...Locality: Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Black Mts., Furnace Creek district, Death Valley region, Inyo Co., California... 2.45) Locality: Juhongtu boron deposit, Qilian Mts., Qinghai province, China (type locality). Description:...Locality: Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor district, Cumbria, England, UK. 2.2 Carbon and Carbonates |  | | Book (edition) | | Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...California; in sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island...slate and metamorphosed dolomite in the Beiyun-Obo district, Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine...Antrim County, Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G |
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Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan