 | | 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...19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by Jeff Scovil Collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the C en ten n ia l Eureka m in e, T intic district, Juab C ounty, U ta h ..........................end o f the Wallapai Mining District. The major mining centers of the district included Cerbat, Chloride...is gener ally at a stand-still throughout the district. The town of Cerbat played a lively role in the...the Cerbat M ountains and the Wallapai Mining District is extremely complex and beyond the scope of this...mine. DINGS, M. G. (1951) The Wallapai mining district, Cerbat Moun tains, Mohave County, Arizona. U |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gem. Figure 4 (above right). Cassiterite and muscovite, 17.1 cm high, from Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu,...aquamarine, 9 cm high, from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen...2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is the type...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 |  | | 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...spessartine, muscovite and feldspar, 10 cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Don..._~__, Apatite on feldspar, 8.6 cm, from Bulachi, Pakistan. Under shortwave ultraviolet light (top right)...18.5 cm, from the Frazer's Hush mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Durham, England. Right: Under longwave |  | | 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...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo...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; |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Dassu, on the Braldu River in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. With the road to Chutron in the...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...that to sell to me. I had come to Pakistan and particularly to Baltistan. The blues feeling of the first...officer to decipher all of this and he buried in muscovite. There also were a number of gemmy aquas came |  | | Journal (issue) | | Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas Gerais, Brazil, Michael A. Menzies Signature...5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais, Brazil; private collection, Jeff...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...economically important and have been mined for muscovite, feldspar, quartz, lithium minerals, tantalum...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter. clear. on matrix with I inch crystals with muscovite crystals. There was a small cabinet piece of sodalite...ro s ite fro m the Arrowhead c laim, Slic krock District. Uta h. T hese are of unus ually large crystals...ma tri x from the Mountain King Mi ne. Po to i District. Osgood Mo unt a ins. Humbo ldt Co unty. NY ....cry stals fro m near Johnny Gulch. Radersburg District. MT; and other self-collected Montana specimens...of the faden quartz specimens from Waziristan. Pakistan. Although there we re a fair number of these around |  | | Report (issue) | | as seen in the pink and blue crystal above from Pakistan, is not uncommon. This specimen is in the collection...blue beryl on feldspar from the Northern Areas, Pakistan (upper left; collection Dudley Blauwet; photo...marker, near Sabsar, on the Gilgit to Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Collection...is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite, and phosphates (such...cm from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan Because it is associated with topaz |  | | Report (issue) | | Union & DMITRI BELAKOVSKJ China BY GUANGHUA LIU Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET Fluorite from Japan BY YOSHIRO... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo Lower...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined individual...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur |  | | Journal (issue) | | altered to datolite. All the sulfide deposits in the district formed during the second period of skam formation...and at present is the largest producer in the district. Sadoviy Mine The Sadoviy (Garden) mine is currently...Laumontite Manganaxinite Margarite Montmorillonite Muscovite Nontronite Olivine group Opal Orthoclase Palygorskite...found in small amounts with other sulfides in the district. Masses up to 1 cm (but no crystals) have been...rare accessory mineral in skams throughout the district, especially in the Bor pit. 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Sabsar, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan