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Limonite from
Farooq mine, Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Farooq mine, Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614586
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614586:6
GUID (UUID V4):c1b9829c-58be-4ab4-959b-5a00e24a3381
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMine #2, Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘMingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘSaidu Sharif, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 81, 1986, pp. 2022-2028 MINGORA EMERALD DEPOSITS (PAKISTAN): SUTURE-ASSOCIATEDGEM MINERALIZATION... KAZMI, GeologicalSurveyof Pakistan,42-R, Block6, PECHS,Karachi, Pakistan R. D. LAWRENCE, Geolog•tDepartment...Oregon97331 j. ANWAR, GemstoneCorporationof Pakistan,Peshawar,Pakistan L. W. SNEE,* GeologyDepartment,OregonState...AND S. HUSSAIN GemstoneCorporationof Pakistan,Peshawar,Pakistan Introduction The Indian subcontinentsequence...Mingoraemeralddepositsare locatedat the northernedge of Mingora,SwatDistrict, about 130 milesnortheastof Peshawar(Fig
Report (issue)
our way through the compet­ itive minefield of emerald science, much of John's contribu­ tion to this...any other opinion. extraLapis English No. 2: Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl The Most Precious Gemstone...we • pay tribute to John Sinkankas to whom this emerald issue is dedicated. John Sinkankas wrote more...than 15 books including his 1981 definitive work Emerald and Other Beryls. He set standards for authors...Gloria & Gunther A 2001 Find of top-quality emerald crystals from La Pita at Maripi, Boyac
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
Journal (issue)
Muling, China More on Emeralds from Chitral, Pakistan Forsterite-Serpentine from North-eastern China...photo: A new emerald deposit was discovered in 2021 in the Chitral region of north-western Pakistan. Following...Following an earlier description of pale-coloured emerald that was initially mined there (see The Journal...emeralds from Afghanistan and elsewhere in Pakistan. The Chitral emerald specimen shown here measures 12.5 cm... Comparison of Emeralds from the Chitral District, Pakistan, with other Pakistani and Afghan Emeralds
Book
Kamal Abdelrahman The South West Atakor Volcanic District (Hoggar-Algeria): Petrography and Mineralogy from...Rb-Sr and Oxygen Isotope Study of the Swat Granite Gneisses (Pakistan): Implications for the Magmatic Source.... . . . V. Masilamani, Nasser Alarif, W. Aslam Farooq, Muhammad Atif, Shahid Ramay, Hayat Saeed Althobaiti... . . . . . . Muhammad Atif, Saqib Anwar, W. A. Farooq, M. Ali, V. Masilaimani, M. S. AlSalhi, and Bassam...Cryptomelane in Altered Rhyolite from Tazrouk Volcanic District, Latea, Hoggar, Algeria . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Hudi coal mining area in Jincheng, Shanxi province. The potential geological application of Sentinel-2...Qinshui Basin, located in southeast of Shanxi Province, China, covers 2922 km2 and is divided into three... (a) Location map of study area in the Shanxi province, China; (b) Distribution of the coal-bearing stratum...The study area is located at the Fanzhuang coal district in the Qinshui Basin which distinct from the North...electromagnetic spectrum of ferric-bearing minerals (i.e., limonite, hematite (Fe2O3), or goethite) has a steep gradient
Journal (issue)
Diopside from Pakistan • Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Emerald-in-matrix from...diving off Bahrain • Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan and Afghanistan • Rediscovery of sapphires in...introduced was the Malossi hydrothermal synthetic emerald (Adamo et al., 2005), which was gemologically similar...suggested that they were related to spinel. SYNTHETIC EMERALD AND OTHER BERYLS Available in the gem trade since...This is believed to be a new type of synthetic emerald colored only by Cr3+. The highly diagnostic growth
Journal (issue)
peridot jewelry suite, from the rough mined in Pakistan to the design and manufacture of the ensemble...from Tanzania • Sapphires from Afghanistan and Pakistan • Sapphires from Baffin Island, Canada • Unusual...• Cat’s-eye topaz from Ukraine • Triplite from Pakistan • Gem localities in Zambia and Malawi • Barite...jewelry suite from the peridot deposit in the Himalaya Mountains of Pakistan to the manufacture of the pieces...creation of a fine suite of peridot jewelry from the mine in the Himalayas to the manufacture of the necklace
Journal (issue)
Notes Antigorite serpentine from northwestern Pakistan|‘Black’ axinite| Beryl from Tanzania with phenakite...Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large ruby matrix...Osun State, Nigeria| Cat’s-eye väyrynenite from Pakistan|Quartzite and calcite bangles resembling jadeite|Large...sapphires. These rubies recovered from the Aappaluttoq deposit weigh 0.29–2.53 ct and were characterized for an...COLOURED STONES Antigorite Serpentine from North-West Pakistan During the 2015 Tucson gem shows in Arizona, USA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation, Kalachitta Range, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan S. U. Rehman, N. Ahsan, M. M. Shah, M. J. Munawar...Formation, Kalachitta Range, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10...Formation, Kalachitta Range, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan S. U. Rehmana, N. Ahsana, M. M. Shaha, M. J. Munawara...Lahore, Pakistan; bDepartment of Earth Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan; cUniversity...cUniversity of Sargodha Faculty of Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The upper Turonian–Maastrichtian
Journal (issue)
spiral 56 Gem News International Tucson report • “Emerald” green fluorite from India • Cat’s-eye leifite...from the DRC • Color-zoned andradite from Iran • Emerald with unusual growth features • Grossular and clinozoisite... 282) is both interesting and helpful, and Mr. Farooq Hashmi is kind to alert the industry and provide...show a growth pattern reminiscent of trapiche emerald/ruby when sliced perpendicular to the c-axis. In...were originally encountered in parcels sold as emerald in Zambia. The trapiche appearance most likely
Journal (issue)
ruby and moonstone) photographed at the home of a mine owner in Mogok, Myanmar. Two field reports on Mogok... During the September 2013 Hong Kong gem show, Farooq Hashmi showed this author some more recent production...the blue gem silica was found at the bottom of a mine shaft, and was completely worked out by the miners...crystals on crystals of brown tourmaline with limonite’. The ‘brown tourmaline’ was an immediate visual...pressures such as those envisaged for the Merelani deposit is exceptional. The proposed occurrence of mercaptans
Journal (issue)
diamond with mantle-mineral inclusions • Large emerald-in-quartz specimen • Calcite “melt” in grossular...Tajikistan • “Jambolite” • Update on the John Saul ruby mine, Kenya • Ruby and other gems from Nanyaseik, Myanmar...faceted aquamarines. The 12.8 cm crystal (from Pakistan) is courtesy of Roz and Gene Meieran, Phoenix...Gems, Los Angeles; the 13.18 ct round and 9.58 ct emerald-cut aquamarines are GIA Collection numbers 34397...apatite, epidote, goethite, hematite, ilmenite, limonite, mica, quartz, spessartine, and tourmaline; as
Journal (issue)
90 Play-of-Color Opal from Wegel Tena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia Benjamin Rondeau, Emmanuel Fritsch,...spinel mining in Vietnam • Sphene from northern Pakistan • Spinel from Bawma, Myanmar • Green garnets reportedly...Calcium niobium gallium garnet • Glass imitations of emerald • “Nanogems,” a new synthetic • Serpentine doublets...the proximity to San Diego’s historic pegmatite district, we will offer field trips to working gem mines...purchased the diamond in India, possibly at the Kollur mine, but its exact source is not known. Louis XIV had
Report (issue)
compilation of descriptive geoenvironmental mineral deposit models Edward A. du Bray1 , Editor Open-File...classification schemes have evolved into mineral deposit models that classify deposits not only on the basis... 1986; Bliss, 1992). These conceptual mineral deposit models form the basis for most modem mineral exploration...characteristics. A next step in the process of mineral deposit modeling is development of geology-based, geoenvironmental...geoenvironmental models for diverse mineral deposit types. Mineral deposit geology, as well as geochemical and
Report (volume)
Analogy with respect to other well explored mineral deposit and to their tectonic settings should be the main...68 Uranium mineralisation in Khasa area, Simla district, H . P. 68 Uranium mineralisation around Bh...1.2 in Tehri district, Uttaranchal 71 Ttn-Tungsten mineralisation in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh...Chamoli district, Uttaranchal 75 Sediment hosted base metal mineralisation in Kulu district, Himachal...Group, Nepal 82 Copper occurrences ire Samchi district, Bhutan 82 4.3.1.3 ix Mineralisation associated
Book
problems for mining regions and the rational use of mine tailings, deeper understanding of the nature of...Mineralogical Study of Cerattepe Au-Cu (–Zn) VMS Deposit (Artvin-Turkey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Hybrid Process Tails of Oxide Ores from Mayskoye Au Deposit (Chukotka, Russia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Geometallurgical Sampling Campaign on Primorskoe Gold-Silver Deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Geometallurgical Mapping of Levoberezhnoye Au Deposit (Khabarovsk Region, Russia) . . . . . . . . I.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observed in waters with low pH values, e.g. acid mine drainage, and in association with industrial activities...the crack and aid to form ankerite, siderite, limonite, hydrous carbonate-sulfates, vermiculite clay...xenoliths from alkali basalts in Karacada" Volcanic province South East Turkey. The peridotite mantle xenoliths...Area 1419 Raduzhnoe – epithermal brecciahosted deposit (Northern Caucasus, Russia) ASUMAN YILMAZ AND...according to the mineral association. The Raduzhnoe deposit is situated in the central part of North Caucasian
 
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