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Orthoclase from
Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phlogopite3 photos of Orthoclase associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Biotite2 photos of Orthoclase associated with Biotite at this locality.
Rutile2 photos of Orthoclase associated with Rutile at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:481762
Long-form Identifier:1:3:481762:8
GUID (UUID V4):78daa3ff-add3-4e0e-956e-c5df37cc47b1
Localities for Orthoclase in this Region
Niaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
7.7km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.7km (6.0 miles) ā“˜Niaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
25.0km (15.5 miles) ā“˜Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
59.5km (37.0 miles) ā“˜Lak-Khiang Glacier (Kunyang Lak Glacier), Hispar Glacier, Hispar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
62.3km (38.7 miles) ā“˜Hispar Glacier, Hispar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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(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...schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil...Sibiri on the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June... Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine;
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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 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens of...crystals of quartz, fluorapatite, clinozoisite, orthoclase, titanite, zoisite and diopside. Thus it was
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Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...whereas in the typical ilmenite-bearing paragenesis orthoclase is less common, zeolites are absent, and brookite...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
Journal (issue)
responsibility course 96 p. 168 Gem Notes Axinite from Pakistan|Catā€™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)
Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Vuonnemite was first described from the Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia as a new...Hailing from the renowned Herja mine, Maramures district, Rumania, the 2-cm quartz crystals occur as simple...complex rare-earth pegmatite at Mt. Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi. It is the rare amphibole species arfvedsonite...new style of orthoclase collected last summer at Nieosla, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistanā€” and Andreas
Report (volume)
(Smithsonite ai Blende) with Barytes Ć©n theKarnul District, Madres.ā€”By F. B. Matzer, F.G.8., Geological Survey...from the neighbourhood of Juggiapett, Kistnah District, and on Zinc Carbonate from Karnul, Madras.ā€”By...KaghĆ©n glacier can have travelled down the steep valley of the Kanhar without removing or disturbing the...and those of the Hindu Kush on the west. North of Shigar an independent basin of triassic and palwozoic...7th of Decombor, and resumed work in the Madara district ;Mr. Wynnc took twenty monthsā€™ leavo on the 3rd
Journal (issue)
Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...The Minh Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . ....Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . .... The Minh Tien Tourmaline Mine Luc Yen Mining District Yenbai Province, Vietnam Dudley Blauwet Mountain...small villages along the flatness of the Red River Valley. The landscape was dotted with small rice and vegetable
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Colombia ā€¢ Color-change fluorite ā€¢ Herderite from Pakistan ā€¢ Jeremejevite from Myanmar and Sri Lanka ā€¢ Pink...samples from Colombia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (table 2). Of the latter samples...ItabiraNova Era, Brazil Santa Terezinha, Brazil Swat, Pakistan Panjshir, Afghanistan Cordillera Oriental, Columbia...South America (Colombia and Brazil), Asia (Russia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan), and Africa (Zambia and Zimbabwe)...D: Talc-carbonate schistā€“related emerald (Swat, Pakistan) ā€¢ Category E: Muscovite schistā€“related emerald
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blue aquamarine from Madagascar ā€¢ Diopside from Pakistan ā€¢ Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North...diving off Bahrain ā€¢ Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan and Afghanistan ā€¢ Rediscovery of sapphires in...(Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region), Myanmar (Mogok), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique...wollastonite (Si, Ca), sphalerite (S), vanadinite (Cl), orthoclase (K), synthetic MnTiO3 (Ti, Mn), hematite (Fe)...farmland in the neighborhood of Outjo, in the Kuraman district. He registered the gem in the mineral records
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spinel mining in Vietnam ā€¢ Sphene from northern Pakistan ā€¢ Spinel from Bawma, Myanmar ā€¢ Green garnets reportedly...the proximity to San Diegoā€™s historic pegmatite district, we will offer field trips to working gem mines...a similar depth on the flank of the Great Rift Valley, 40 km from the present workings (Yapatsu Purpikole...Bittencourt Rosa D. (1990) Les opals nobles du district de Pedro II dans lā€™Etat de Piaui, region nord-est...Pala, California. Californiaā€™s Pala pegmatite district, the type locality for kunzite (ā€œlilacā€-colored
Report (issue)
125.00 or$45.00 Quaternary Geology of the Narmada Valley - A multidisciplinary approach. No. 48 : 1997,...Dona sector of Jonnagiri schist belt in Anatapur district, is being explored. Elsewhere, investigation for...etc., were produced from the gravels of Krishna Valley, Andhra Pradesh. The kimberlite pipes ofMajhgawan...MAHAPAT RA AND A. GUP TA, GOLD MINERALISATION IN SON VALLEY, SONBHADRA AND SIDHI DISTļæ½IC TS,' D.P. AND M.P...ASSOCIATED MINERALISATION IN GULALDIH AREA SONBHADRA DISTRICT, , U T TAR PRADESH . --- lvI.A.KHAN. MANGALA
 
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