 | | 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...aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Even the common minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced by a purple or green...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes...(1968); Kunz (1884); Pegau (1929) 10 Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, NM, USA Intrusive into metamorphic...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...photo. Spodumene, 9.5 cm, from Resplendor, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 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) |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................Richard also became charter members o f the Tualatin Valley Gem Club and the Friends of Mineralogy. Over the...surrounding valleys. To the west lies the Sacramento Valley, which drains southwest to the Colorado The Mineralogical...River near Needles. To the east is the Hualapai Valley, which drains north into the Red Lake Playa. The...end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trentino Alto-Adige porphyritic platform in the Fassa Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz...gamet (hessonite variety) and diopside from the Ala Valley. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY...Liddicoatite and elbaite crystals to 3.5 cm, with albite, from Forcel Rosso, Adamello massif, central Alps...became world-famous for their discoveries in the Ala Valley, and the Pisani family (father and son, respectively...vesuvianite of the rodingites of Piedmont and the Aosta Valley, the sulfur and gypsum from the Ca' Bernardi and |  | | 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...with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11 |  | | 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...Topaz, schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection...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; |  | | Report (issue) | | crests of albite (variety cleavelandite) crystals from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Colorless...microcline, 5.5 cm, from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Trinity Minerals specimen and...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...Epidote, 6.25 cm, from near Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Colorado Gem & Mineral Company specimen and photo |  | | Book | | surveyor ( B a d Shah Jan of the Survey of Pakistan), both from Pakistan, also joined the stafl. The scientific...Survey, M r . M . Aziztrllah of the Survey of Pakistan, and M r . Javed, a student at the University...Indus river, from Skardu as far west as the Stak valley, and the principal ridge of the Karakorum to the...and Gilgit and eastwards as far as Bagicha. The territory covered in 1955 lies between the Gilgit area...Chogo Lungma and the Sosbun glaciers, and the upper valley of the Hunxa river. The present volunze deals with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variety of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite...University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol...any more material. They found pericline variety albite coated and uncoated with chlorite and a few small...find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm, Acushnet quarry...5.6 cm tall, Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection, Jeff |  | | Report (issue) | | the safflorite-coated silver from the old Cobalt District of Ontario is a nice old-timer: identical-looking...from the Castle mine, Gowganda area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. Quebul Fine Minerals specimen...world-class anhydrite which came from the Naica district, Chihuahua, Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, but...Kharbuzeh (also rendered “Chah Kharboze”) mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. The brilliantly red-orange... 1.4 cm, from the Shah Kharbuzeh mine, Anarak district, Esfahan Province, Iran. Fabre Minerals specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne (1986). Figure 12. Fluorapatite with albite and muscovite, 6.1 cm, from the Golconda mine,...January–February, 2023 Figure 13. Spessartine on Albite, 14 cm, from the Navegadora claim, Penha do Norte...31. Elbaite, 9.2 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson...scepter crystal, 7.5 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson... Figure 47. Elbaite, 4.9 cm, from the Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This crystal shows |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite and muscovite from the Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The fluorite crystals are up to...MINERALS Figure 2 (above). Elbaite, quartz, and albite from the Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California...clinochlore specimen, 3.9 cm high, from Alpe Frasse, Susa Valley, Italy. The sharp, single crystal with its dramatic...specimen, 11.6 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Simple, clean beauty. Scott Rudolph |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan .............................cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James Elliott photo, Fine... Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm orders@crystalclassics.co.uk |...High in the mountain ranges of the Shigar Valley region of Pakistan, hundreds of mine tunnels pierce steep...a collector for almost 15. On my first trip to Pakistan I was on the hunt for a different gem mineral: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in which the fluorite occurred are Mississippi Valley–type (MVT); these deposits are ably discussed by...from the Virtuous Lady mine, in the Tavistock district, Devon, where it also occurs as encrustation pseudomorphs;...Treak Cliff, at Castleton, in the Kinderscout district of Derbyshire, England (Webster and Anderson 1983)...the Caravia-Berbes district, the La Collada district, and the Arlós-Villabona district—each with distinctive...(Baveno is particularly famous for both) as well as albite and quartz. The Brosso mine, Léssolo, Torino Province |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen. The feature...aquamarine and albite, 18.2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen...type of elegant, clean, gem crystal that has made Pakistan famous. Figure 11. Brookite and quartz, 6.4 cm...cm high, from Dalbundi, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. I like the way the classic zoning...cm high, from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is an exquisite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dark, stepped-growth crystals of muscovite with albite, 2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland...8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...are 2–3 cm across, and are associated with beryl, albite, and quartz. Plumose muscovite has been found at...rosettelike habit. Associated minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire...muscovite. One in the collection is associated with albite and has stepped-growth muscovites to 4 cm across |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter 1 $3.00 Shigar r-------------------------~ Blues "I have got them Shigar Blues" rhythmically...and all, early this morning. Is this day four in Shigar? . Life is timeless here: no newspaper, no news...River in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. With the road to Chutron in the Basha Valley blocked because...bit more problematic. Garnet on albite is from Seydar, Ho Nala, Pakistan. D. Blauwet photo. We, my jeep...down, down, down to the next bridge crossing the Baltistan. then you may understand. Braldu River and cross |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | commonly associated minerals are beryl, apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the...spessartine masses to 2 cm across occur in blocky albite in the Keith quarry at Auburn, Maine. Analyses...United States are from pegmatites of the Amelia district, Amelia County, Virginia (Sinkankas 1959, 1997)...(center). Another fine Little 3 mine spessartine on albite. The 3.8-cm-wide specimen is in the Mike Keim collection...in the Brown Derby pegmatite in the Ohio Creek district, Gunnison County. Roberts and Rapp (1965) describe |  | | Journal (issue) | | .433 by T. P. Moore COVER: TITANITE twin with albite and epidote on matrix, 4.4 cm, from Capelinha,...Mining Associates, Inc., and mined opal at Virgin Valley, Nevada for two summers, subleasing the Royal Peacock...crystals of epidote, excellent quartz, idiomorphic albite, tourmaline, morganite and green gem-grade fluorapatite...collector-quality specimens of titanite, epidote, albite, adularian orthoclase and fluorapatite crystals...principal city of the entire Jequitinhonha River valley (COMIG-Projeto Espinhaço, 2002). Eucalyptus trees |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Karakorum Metamorphic complex (Dassu±Askole area, NE Pakistan): exhumation of mid-crustal HT±MP gneisses in...in the Karakorum Range (Shigar and Braldu valleys, North of Skardu, NE Pakistan), building on previous...and Askole domes, Fig. 1) in the Skardu area (NE Pakistan) and then to discuss the possible heat source...(8035-8060m) all rV iga lle ey va Indus y 35°30'N Shigar Bt -M 75°00'E Zone of Himalayan Mio-Pliocene...Jutial Darchan Hi s p -G rt StGr t Gl (7452m) Gilgit BT ld-G Early M2 granites and monzonites (Baltoro |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part II) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...302 Louisville, CO 80027 After having crossed the Gilgit River at the Alam bridge, satisfied that I had...companions and I turned and ambled up the Indus Valley toward Skardu, on one of the only two mostly-sunny...foreboding gorge guarding the lower entrance to the valley. It turned out to not be a mine per se, but an... May 2004 Mineral News 3---- Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) Local people set to work |  | | Report (issue) | | 07 [24.44] 0.05 2.00 Total [99.74] (1) \Umba Valley," Tanzania; CaO originally given as 22.44%, and...facies metamorphic rocks. Association: Garnet, albite, biotite, \hornblende," quartz, calcite. Distribution:... From Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. In the Juarez district, Baja California, Mexico. From Tanzania, exceptional...crystallized from Alchuri village, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan. Name: For Siegmund Zois, Baron von |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14.5 x 3 x 2 cm, mim specimen...Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan, 4.5 x 2 x 1...edloye1@gmail.com Hambergite. Tamponilapa, Sahatany Valley, (Mt. Ibity), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo |  | | 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...5.6 cm tall Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection...on albite (longwave (UVA) light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan |
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Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan