 | | 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 (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) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Famous mineral localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 513 by D. Blauwet Minerals from Alchuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...deposits near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens |  | | 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...problematic. Garnet on albite is from Seydar, Ho Nala, Pakistan. D. Blauwet photo. We, my jeep driver, Shaj i...down, down, down to the next bridge crossing the Baltistan. then you may understand. Braldu River and cross |  | | Journal (issue) | | Aquamarine beryl, 10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe...COLLECTION Schort on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang Kuang mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve |  | | 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...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | P)Tophyllite Apatite \ itherite Siderite Calcite Aragonite StiJbite Heulandite Hydroboracite Inyoite Variscite...color and texture. Agate Calcite Others Occur Aragonite Chalcedony Barile Fluorite Black Smoker Rock...Growth Forms Stalactitic - icicle-shaped masses. Aragonite Malachite Sphalerite Calcite Marcasite Wavellite...diameter; these are documented from the Hackman Valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia (see Jaszczak et al. (2007)...twinned and had been purchased in Niaslo in the Basha Valley. I examined it and thought that it could possibly |  | | 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...rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses") |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. L. Garrido coll. Aragonite and theisite (balls). X. Ortiz coll. Aragonite and rosasite. Level 1...or near other minerals like azurite, baryte, aragonite and dolomite, whose crystals or aggregates can...azurite (which sometimes grows over the claraite ), aragonite and tyrolite. Claraite from the Les Ferreras mine...the green and blue shades to some aggregates of aragonite. It is also associated with azurite, adamite-olivenite...carbonates Aragonite Ca[CO3 ] In the area of contact between dolomite and sulphides we can find aragonite in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part I) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...(Continues on page 3) ----2 Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) And this is where I come...journey up the rugged Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Pakistan with more mental baggage than one should normally...season in the mountains. It is Ramadan to boot.( In Pakistan and Afghanistan they spell and pronounce it Rama=a11with...then sleep hard on the early morning jaunt to Pakistan. The 1st ofNo,·ember da,vned clear and cool, a |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...crystalline tetrahedrite, dolomite, siderite, aragonite, cubic pyrite, chalcopyrite, malachite, red sphalerite...JOAQUIM CALLEN PHOTO STONETRUST ~r/t/w KAOKOVELD DISTRICT Robert J. Bowell ' Olga Ermolina 2 Wim van der |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District 13-7: 1.6-8; Minerals near Tateville. Pulaski...13-6:6 Apophyllitc Washington 13-2:5.9 1997 Aragonite Minnesota 13-7:1.4.5; Mexico 138: 1.6.7 Aramayoite...near Aldama: quartz, 138: 1,6.7; Santa Eulalia District: goethite, quartz, 13-8: 1.6,7: Naica: gypsum...molybdenite, pyrite, quartz. 13-8: 1,6,7; Santa Eulalia District: arsenopyrite. calcite, fluorite, quartz. smithsonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...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...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) | | responsibility course 96 p. 168 Gem Notes Axinite from Pakistan|Cat’s-eye diaspore from Turkey|Polymerfilled star...Norway|Garnet mining in Tanzania|Kyanite from Pakistan|Black star sapphires from Liberia|Age of Myanmar...Laboratory in Kofu, Japan, covers demantoid from Pakistan, colour terminology in the gem trade, melee-size...STONES Axinite from Shigar Fort, Northern Pakistan While on a buying trip to Pakistan in October 2014, one...veins) located above Shigar Fort, a historical site on the outskirts of Shigar town. This area is the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of...Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058 Villasanta...near a side valley of the Hunza River Valley in the Nagar district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Although |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Jarosite Carbonates Ancylite-(Ce) Ancylite-(La) Aragonite Bastnasite-(Ce) Calcite Cerussite Cordylite-(Ce)...---------------------Shortwave Longwave Int Aragonite Calcite Catapleiite Cryolite Fluorite Franconite...will require further investigation. Aragonite C aC 03 Aragonite is uncommon in the cavities of the contact...Vuonnemite was first described from the Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia as a new |  | | 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...mimic the morphology of claudetite from Imperial Valley, California as illustrated by Palache (1934), shown...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | demonstrate the trichroism; from Merelani, Umba Valley, Tanzania. F. John Barlow collection; photo by...deposits of the Antelope (Majuba Hill) mining district, Pershing County, Nevada. M.S. thesis, University...face of the range bordering the upper Salmon River Valley. These faults and a vertical joint system, com...Along w ith the usual pegm atite m inerals from Pakistan we carry som e of the harder to find specim ens:...91764) was yellow beryl crystals from near Skardu, Pakistan. The crystals are up to 15 cm in length and a |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...for the widespread formation of cave calcite, aragonite and other stalactitic minerals, such as hemimorphite...passed through a narrow valley with many banana and orange trees. As the valley THE LOCALITY: SETTING...houses. At an elevation of 800 meters a hanging valley began, and what had been the good asphalt road...outcrops of granite. From the sides of the hanging valley itself—to the extent that one could see through |  | | Book | | reactions, associated with gypsum. anhydrite, aragonite. calcite, Sulphur, 66 mm, Sicily, Italy Selenium...Norway; large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. lt is common in the Coeur d' Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm ( L2...10 mm (3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...cm in size, are known from pegmatites in Nagar, Pakistan. Nice crystals were also found in greisens in |  | | Book | | reactions; associated with gypsum, anhydrite, aragonite, calcite. Selenium Se TRIGONAL • • Properties:...Norway: large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. It is common in the Cocur d'Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm (12...10 mm (J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...cm in size, are known from pegmatites in Nagar, Pakistan. Nice crystals were also found in greisens in |  | | 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...E. Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza |  | | Journal (issue) | | area is basically everywhere except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping... mid Wales, northeast Wales, Derbyshire, Lake District, mid Pennines, North Pennines (classic for smithsonite)...around each of these areas, starting with the Lake District. Mention was made of the 10 ton block of smithsonite...its interesting report on Iron, the Pentyrchand District Local History Society has recently published an...Dave's microscope at his fine selection of Neath valley slag minerals, gleaned from many tflousands of |  | | Journal (issue) | | description of many gem minerals from the Umba valley, Zwaan (1974) described a sample of emerald-green...occur in the John Saul ruby mine, Taita-Taveta District, Kenya (Simonet, 2000) which is located just north...of four green tourmalines from the Taita-Taveta District, Kenya. For the present study, the contents of...Colour hue change of a gem tourmaline from the Umba Valley, Tanzania. J. Gemm., 26(6), 386-96 Liu, Y., Shigley...2000. Geology of the Yellow Mine (TaitaTaveta District, Kenya) and other yellow tourmaline deposits in |  | | Book | | first understand what a P L AT E 3 Gold. Grass Valley, California. 2 x 3.s cm. Goldisone of thefewminerals...a mollusk and incorporated into its shell as aragonite (CaCO3). When the mollusk died, its shell would...buried for millions of years in the sediment. The aragonite would probably recrystallize into calcite (also...Although these hypothetical calcium atoms in the aragonite, calcite, limestone, and lime represent only a...which are mined from large deposits in the Death Valley and Mojave Desert regions of southern California |
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Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan