 | | 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) | | [University of Kent] at 15:29 06 November 2014 Spessartine Marienfluss, Northern Namibia I n a recent...both almandine and the closely related species spessartine have made them a historically important and relatively...of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...a fine spessartine specimen from Marienfluss, northern Namibia, has been chosen. Spessartine, because...yellow, orange, and red; almost pure end-member spessartine is bright orange. It is typically transparent |  | | Catalog/List | | Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2 cm wide... Aquamarine with Spessartine Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 25.4 cm tall...spectacular aquamarines associated with deep red spessartine garnets. The pairing of these two species was...Quartz Pulsifer Quarry, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA 3.6 cm tall |  | | 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...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Below: Topaz and spessartine, field of view 3.8 cm wide Sawtooth Range, Idaho;...the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...with crystals to 5 cm across; the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, where some muscovite crystals...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment...struck a chord with me. Other mines in the Pala district that have produced musco- Downloaded by [National...deposit of Panasquiera, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal, has yielded some nice examples of muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | currently producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of eosphorite from Chamachhu (Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan) 2+ [(Mn2+ 0.94Fe 0.06Al0.01)Σ1.01AlPO4(OH1...of Chamachhu (Changmachhu), Skardu district, Baltistan, Pakistan, was used for this study. The sample...of Chamachhu, 10 km east of Shengus, along the Indus River on the Gilgit-Skardu road (Blauwet et al....evolved and represented by muscovite, lepidolite, spessartine, elbaite, topaz, beryl (gem aquamarine and morganite)...the mineral localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record, 28, 183–200. Busing, W |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ...quartz with albite, 11 cm, from Nyet Bruk, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Roberto Appiani photo. "IMPERIAL" TOPAZ...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphic evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalayas, on the lndus gorge transect: the importance...a major Ntrending transverse structure in the Pakistan Himalayas. Continental rocks of the Indian plate...reference to the Nanga Parbat basement massif in the Pakistan Himalayas. This region consists of complexly deformed...evolution of the NW Himalayas as seen in northern Pakistan. In the first event, between 100 and 85 Ma, the...I00 Figure 1 . Main tectonic elements of the Pakistan Himalayas and (inset) location map for Indus Gorge |  | | Report (chapter) | | island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya Mark T. George, Nigel B. W. Harris and...island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya M A R K T. G E O R G E , NIGEL B.W....Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Abstract: In northern Pakistan, an integrated structural and geochemical study...melt. Although the metasediments exposed in the Gilgit valley would be a potential source for the Parri...the undeformed samples were collected from the Gilgit valley-Indus confluence area, whilst all the deformed |  | | 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...Hunan, China, 6 Garnet (see also Grossular, Spessartine, Tsavorite) Gold Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa Co...Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 60 Spessartine Garnet (on Smoky Quartz) Tongbei, Fujian Prov...Dist., Tanzania, 50 Vayrynenite Gilgit, Haramosh Mtns., Shengus, Pakistan, 53 Wulfenite (on Mimetite) San |  | | Journal (issue) | | up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...Epidote, 11.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Kintore...Australia. Tourmaline, 13 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Supplement to The Mineralogical...Trust Aquamarine, 10 cm, from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≥ An, An Province, Vietnam. Copper with...Australia. Tourmaline, 10 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Topaz, 7 cm, from the |  | | Report (issue) | | to this series Facing page: Faceted pyrope-spessartine from Kenya 99.5 carats Houston Museum of Natural...KOURlMSKY AND JAROSLAV HYR�L Classic Garnets: Spessartine BY GLORIA STAEBLER, DUDLEY BLAUWET GARY ZITO...ZANG AND THOMAS FEHR 66 Spessartine from Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet...six almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine, and uvarovite-are sufficiently abundant and..."pyralspite" group, named for pyrope, almandine, z and spessartine. Those with Ca + in the X-site form the "grandite" |  | | Report (chapter) | | northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya Ugo Pognante, Piera Benna and Patrick... northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya U G O P O G N A N T E 1., P I E R A B...Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis (Stak and upper Turmik valleys, Pakistan) consist of kyanite-bearing gneiss with minor...pressure metamorphism, part of the HHC from northern Pakistan underwent very rapid cooling and exhumation. By...recorded by the HHC from regions located east of Pakistan (e.g. Nepal). These differences along strike in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese. It forms a series with both pyrope and spessartine. Many unanalyzed garnets are only provisionally...determined to be Alm54Sp44Pyr2 (almandine 54 percent, spessartine 44 percent, and pyrope 2 percent) is representative...(below). A fine 4.5 × 4.5 × 3.5-cm almandine-spessartine specimen from the Frank Steidler pegmatite, Valley...Avondale and Springfield are for the most part spessartine. Modest almandine specimens have been collected...other massive sulfide occurrences in the Mineral district. Exceptional almandine specimens have come from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 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 “sole governor”...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...early lead mines in the Upper Mississippi Valley district (Mineral Point and others). The animal which appears...ranges in the southern part of the Lake Superior District (the Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic, Cuyuna, Gunflint...Deposition of iron formations in the Lake Superior District ended abruptly 1850 million years ago, suspiciously...to the formation of the famous Michigan Copper District), the Gogebic Range was faulted and tilted nearly |  | | Journal (issue) | | “a new mineral store” 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,” he said, “collected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...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...formal competition anyway, so they Figure 54. Spessartine on rhodonite with galena, 3 cm, from the Broken |  | | Journal (issue) | | octahedralfluoritecrystalsfromChukarBaker,Nagar,Pakistan, collectedSeptember2006 Fire Dalllages Wright's...were recent specimens from Chukar Bakor (Nagar, Pakistan). collected September 2006. of pink. octahedral...crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are...orange, not unlike what you would expect from a spessartine. My pre-villiaumite snack had left me wanting...special exhibit will on Himalayan Minerals - think Pakistan and Afghanistan, hope for Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal |  | | 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...spodumene; topaz; the garnet group, especially spessartine and almandine; amblygonite; brazilianite; euclase;...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia |
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Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan