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Spessartine from
Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Region
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite8 photos of Spessartine associated with Albite at this locality.
Fluorapatite8 photos of Spessartine associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Feldspar Group7 photos of Spessartine associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Quartz6 photos of Spessartine associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cleavelandite1 photo of Spessartine associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Spessartine associated with Muscovite at this locality.
K Feldspar1 photo of Spessartine associated with K Feldspar at this locality.
Aquamarine1 photo of Spessartine associated with Aquamarine at this locality.
Tourmaline1 photo of Spessartine associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1428095
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1428095:9
GUID (UUID V4):7ce501a0-3b4a-4b6d-a328-f8ab88bdf320
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Karakorum Metamorphic complex (Dassu±Askole area, NE Pakistan): exhumation of mid-crustal HT±MP gneisses...Range (Shigar and Braldu valleys, North of Skardu, NE Pakistan), building on previous studies by Bertrand...been found only in the Nanga Parbat area, SW of the investigated area (Schneider et al., 1999), and in the...(Dassu and Askole domes, Fig. 1) in the Skardu area (NE Pakistan) and then to discuss the possible heat...gneisses and migmatites Normal fault 75°30'E Skardu l Thrust fault Shy ok S Muchilu utu re Sh Indus
Journal (issue)
government livestock inspector. He returned to the area 30 years later, found a crystal-bearing horizon...volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 13. Spessartine on Albite, 14 cm, from the Navegadora claim,...cm, from a 2019 find at Pedra Azul in the Medina area, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson collection;...celadonite inclusions, 20 cm, from the Rio Grande do Sul area, Brazil. Will Johnson collection, ex Marshall Sussman;...Aquamarine beryl, 10.6 cm, from Pedra Azul, Medina area, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This crystal shows the purest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints on the Main Karakorum Thrust, Baltistan, northern Pakistan T. ALLEN A N D C. P. CHAMBERLAIN Department...from rocks in the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc. In Baltistan, this suture has been reactivated by the late...suture zone known as the Indus-Tsangpo Suture. In Pakistan, however, the Kohistan-Ladakh volcanic island...island arc and the Asian plate (Fig. 1). In Baltistan (boxed area in Fig. 1) the Shyok Suture Zone has been...cryptic in this region. Recent work in northern Pakistan has led to the discovery of discontinuities 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... graphitic schist have been found in the Erving area of Franklin County. Good dodecahedral garnet crystals...(below). A fine 4.5 × 4.5 × 3.5-cm almandine-spessartine specimen from the Frank Steidler pegmatite, Valley...sites. The Pond Hill locality in the Pearl Lake area near Lisbon, Grafton County, has been the source
Journal (issue)
on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection; photo by Harold and...Gaylord's Tennessee Minerals Gellani Enterprises - Pakistan Gem & M inerals of Dallas Gemini Minerals Genady...Enough . . . Inc. Hallelujah Mines Hammad Gems - Pakistan Hampel Mineraiogical Museum Hendricks, Pat M inerals...Runner, Bruce & Jo Russell / Zuhl Saeed Ur Rahman - Pakistan Sandman, The Schlichter, Ernie Minerals Schwarz...- Russia Sunshine M inerals Syed Trading Co. - Pakistan Syntaxis Sunnywood Collection, The Thom pson,
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
Book
However, from deep inside an asteroid, similar to the area deep inside Earth if they are too big for the atmosphere...LEFT: Gold, Bralorne (Pioneer) Mine, Bridge River area, British Columbia, Canada * 7 x 6 x 1 cm 32. |...Peru * OO) o.0) Gn Name Named for Gal-Khaya, the area in Yakutia where it was first described. Yakutia...hausmannite, jacobsite, bixbyite, rhodonite, spessartine and hematite. Columbite-(Mn), Minas Gerais,...Localities Canada: Oka, Quebec. USA: St. Peter’s Dome area, Colorado. Europe: Fredricksvarn, Norway; Alné region
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come from deep inside an asteroid, similar to the area deep inside Earth near the border between the core...LEFT: Gold, Bralorne (Pioneer) Mine, Bridge River area, British Columbia, Canada * 7 x 6 x 1 cm 32. ...Peru * 8 x 6x 3.5 em Name Named for Gal-Khaya, the area in Yakutia where it was first described. Yakutia...hausmannite, jacobsite, bixbyite, rhodonite, spessartine and hematite. Notable Localities USA: Spiller...Localities Canada: Oka, Quebec. USA: St. Peter's Dome area, Colorado. Europe: Fredricksvarn, Norway; Alné
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18:65-74 Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C....collection (by C. A. Francis) 5:190-192 A.\1ITY The Amity area, Orange County. New York (by L. E. Keams) 9:85-90...Mineralogy of the Rapid Creek and Big Fish River Area, Yukon Territory [Canada] 23:Yl-47 --with H. R....W. Graeme) 22:68 An occurrence of bixbyite, spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite from Ash Creek near...24:218 ASH CREEK An occurrence of bixbyite, spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite from Ash Creek near
Catalog/List
enthusiastic.” other areas of India. He Gilgit Highway, Pakistan, 1986. imported such large volumes of...country, explore another potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas.............................................102 Pakistan ................................................13 72005 Wulfenite Deiance Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami...prices for top quality Agates, lately? Ignoring this area of collecting is going to cause a lot of ‘coulda
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is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...Although copper mining was never significant, the area is renowned for copper arsenates and associated...Bheinn-an-Dubhaich (Skye, Scotland), Vesuvius (Italy), Sapat (Pakistan) and Kovdor massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Fayalite
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is found at Alston Moor (England), the Tri-State area (USA), Broken Hill (NSW, Australia), Kapnik (Hungary)...fluorite and quartz. It is mined in the Tri-State area of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas (USA), Broken Hill...Republic), Derbyshire (England) and the Tri-State minlng area (USA). Nodules with a radiating internal structure...Although copper mining was never significant, the area is renowned for copper arsenates and associated...Bheinn-an-Dubhaich (Skye, Scotland), Vesuvius (Italy), Sapat (Pakistan) and Kovdor massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Fayalite
Book (edition)
only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...Hastings Carolina, with tephroite, rhodonite, spessartine, at co.. Ontario.Type localityis QeqerssuatssinqAluk...and Shengus. 60 km ESE of Gilgit, both Skardu area. Northern Areas. Pakistan. Abundant occurrences of...with a pale yellow tint, tarnishs yellow-brown and area of Jaipur. Rajasthan.and from the Hyderabad sometimesto...sometimesto blue. Cleavage {001} less perfect than area. Andhra-Pradesh,both India. also in the Ratna- for
Journal (issue)
iridescent gem material, which is mined from just one area in Canada. 26 Discovery and Mining of the Argyle...• “Yosemite” topaz • Tourmaline from northern Pakistan • A 23.23 ct tsavorite • TGMS highlights • Vesuvianite... Figure 1. These Ammolites are from the St. Mary River area, Alberta, Canada. The rough specimen (3 × 4 cm)...Saskatchewan rivers, as well as the Cypress Hills area. HISTORY OF AMMOLITE AS A GEM MATERIAL Dowling...Kraus, 1982; Brown, 1984) on the Kormos ranch, in an area that would later be labeled the K Zone. The first
Journal (issue)
from Mozambique • Azurite in granitic rock from Pakistan • Cat’s-eye emerald from Belmont, Brazil • Meteorite...Mingora, Pakistan • Dark yellowish green enstatite from Kenya • Ethiopian gems • Burmese spessartine • Chinese...been properly mapped. Emeralds were found in an area where geologists had previously focused on gold...mining rights from Emprogeo Ltd. Exploration of the area, which comprises nearly 656 hectares, started in...Itaobi Ltda. also owns several licenses close to this area, and Mineração Santo Expedito Ltda. is the holder
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mica (muscovite, phlogopite). beryl. garnet (spessartine). columbite-tantalite, apatite and other phosphates...cm. 12 the Swiss Alps have been a classic focus area for quartz inclusions. STALDER et al. (1998) mention...anderem 1,5 cm großer Fadenquarz aus Waziristan, Pakistan, mit bei bestimmter Beleuchtung gut sichtbaren...Primärkristalls. 1.5 cm string quartz from Waziristan, Pakistan. In special illumination, the prism planes of...cross-sections from the Subpolar Ural and the Himalayas (Pakistan and Nepal). The phenomenon of tubular voids in
Journal (issue)
81 98 Sapphires from Thammannawa, Kataragama Area, Sri Lanka Pannipitiye G. R. Dharmaratne, H. M....245208. Doering P.J., Linares R.C. (1999) Large area single crystal CVD diamond: Properties and applications...ARTICLES SAPPHIRES FROM THAMMANNAWA, KATARAGAMA AREA, SRI LANKA Pannipitiye G. R. Dharmaratne, H. M....intensified gem mining and exploration in the surrounding area and all over the country. The deposit is hosted...reconstruction of a two-lane road from the Lunugamwehera area to Kataragama in southeastern Sri Lanka (figure
Journal (issue)
orebody was an unusually high hill (180 meters in an area where other hills rarely exceed 80 m) measuring...phlogopite, olivine and nepheline. A few years later the area was visited by Hussak (1892, 1895 and 1904) who...(around 5.5%) content, and a heterogeneous northern area composed of two distinct zones: the first consists...treatment. In 1981 it was found in a very restricted area in zone 2 as dark brown crystals measuring up to...crystals. It was found only once, in a restricted area, when several hundred fine micromounts and miniature
Journal (issue)
Gem Notes Amethyst from Brazil|Beryllonite from Pakistan|Apache Blue Stone from Arizona, USA| Yellow Tianhuang...pyrite and rhodochrosite inclusions|Quartz from Pakistan with biotite and actinolite inclusions|HPHT synthetic...different from those typically recovered in the Mogok area. The blue colour of stones from the northern part...report titled ‘Sapphires from the gem rush Bemainty area, Ambatondrazaka (Madagascar)’ at www.gia.edu/ g...scar. It provides a description of the Bemainty area (near Ambatondrazaka) and other gem corundum sources
Book (edition)
494-514. R=53.5 (546 nm). Strongly magnetic. Yanshan area, Hebei, China, in placers. BM AM 71:228(1986)....633-694. R = 44 (546 nm). Strongly magnetic. Yanshan area, Hebei, China, in placers. BM AM 71:228(1986)....Ural Mts., Russia; Ava, near Mandalay, Burma; Ioma area, Papua New Guinea; Pieman R., TAS, Australia. pM...Water, R., Lee Australia; TAS, R., Pieman tenberg area, Transvaal, South Africa; CM AB:369, P&J:284, R:350...Stillwater Complex, Nye Co., MT; Oktyabr mine, Talnakh area, Norilsk, and Lukkulaisvaara massif, Karelia, Russia
 
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