 | | 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) | | scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...extravagantly before finally deciding that bis passion had gone too far, and made arrangements for his collection... 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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | Mining Associates, Inc., and mined opal at Virgin Valley, Nevada for two summers, subleasing the Royal Peacock...principal city of the entire Jequitinhonha River valley (COMIG-Projeto EspinhaƧo, 2002). Eucalyptus trees...evolution in the same context as that of the Golconda District (see Cornejo et al., 2019). As the mineralized...did not find a market. On the other side of the valley, nestled near the visited area, there are pegmatites...also 323 Figure 12. A view of the Fanado River Valley area in Capelinha, with several garimpo operations |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM ā 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesnāt |  | | Journal (issue) | | by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan....................species will be inevitable; for instance, the Pakistan pegmatites covered here have also yielded superb...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Eichholzās translation, 1971) āCariaā is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The InĀ dian stones...Ali Akbar Dehkoda Loghat-nama, 1955, Teheran) SCHORL The early mining literature of central Europe mentions |  | | 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...article. INTRODUCTION The Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A hot June night, streets teeming and pulsing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mg-rich tourmaline was slightly more soluble than schorl ( I 0% B:O;), the more Fe-rich species. The Obira...single needle can start growing as the species schorl, followed by dravite and finally foitite. The Mitsubishi...driver to let him know that I wanted to leave for Shigar the following morning and that I did not have time...and to travel all of the way to Nyet in the Shigar Valley. I then walked to another shop and talked to...brother, and beard the bad news that his sibling had gone to Karachi. I was disappointed as this man normally |  | | Journal (issue) | | graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite |  | | Journal (issue) | | where ores from the various mines of tbe Silver District were treated. The now-famous Red Cloud rnine was...and 1889 he shipped 5,000 specimens of Silver District vanadinite back to Philadelphia. Around 1910 an...including the Flux mine, the Mammoth mine, tbe Silver District mines (including the Red Cloud), and mines in...Gold, 3.3 and 6.8 cm, from the Santa Elena River district, Bolivar Province, Venezuela. Ex Hubert de Monmonier...6.5 cm, from the Morenci mine, Copper Mountain district, Greenlee County, Arizona. Dale Armstrong photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QEOLOGYor QiraiT. 337 22. NOTES 0~ the G~oLoGz of GILGIT. :By Lieut.-Gem C. A. :MCMAH0~, Y.R.S., F.G.S....to Chilas. (4) Ramghat to Gilgit. (5) Gilgit to the Kilik Pass. (6) Gilgit to Yasin and the Darkot Pass...Pass. (7) The Ashkurman (Ishkumman) Valley. Part III. Conclusion ......................................., Political Agent, Malakand, when stationed at Gilgit, made field-observations and collected rock-specimens...in the course of numerous traverses through the Gilgit area. I have not had an opportunity of visiting |  | | Report (issue) | | Bou Nahas (or Afrou) mine in the Oumjrane-Alnif district near Meknes. Really, though, itās not that they...=ļ„ Beryl, 2.7 cm, from the Gilgit district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The Arkenstone specimen; Joe...unknown site in the Gilgit district of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly Northern Areas), Pakistan, are said to be...angles. At dusk on the day when the posting had first gone up, four specimens already had been marked āsold...scintillating light. Localities include the Sahatany Valley (Madagascar), the Paprok mine (Afghanistan), the |  | | Journal (issue) | | West mine, Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia...specimens is quite old, though they have not always gone by that name. The practice probably originated with...thumbnail mineral specimensā published in the Antelope Valley (California) Gem and Mineral Club bulletin, mentioned...cm, from the Eagleās Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection...Bustamite, 2.7 cm, from the North mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Stretch Young collection |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...northwest of the first, he collected good specimens of schorl and of ilmenite, the latter as unaltered and partially...rutile and iron oxides, and they are associated with schorl, quartz and cassiterite (Cairncross and Bahmann...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | travel restrictions as to s~~eral bazaa rs in Pakistan have been closed by the authont1es. The 9ealers...Giazotto, photo by Claus Hedegaard. News from Pakistan New Finds and Information Dudley Blauwet Mountain...Minjan. This is a Tajik speaking area in the Kokcha Valley about 80 km from the capital of Faizabad and 40...Andjuman Pass which connects the Kokcha and Panshjer Valley to the south. They are working between 7,000 and...Shahi-Salim Mountains to arrive in Pakistan at Garam Chisma, Chitral Valley. I bought an extraordinary lot |  | | Journal (issue) | | realized that although my planned itinerary had gone all astray, I had gained a wonderfol encounter....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...check-ins, so I had to wrestle the over-sized Braldu Valley that I had known, and we haggled endlessly until...drone developed louder and the plane been up the Braldu the previous day and emerged circling the airport |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco |  | | Report (issue) | | microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil; private...name is attributed to Erker (1595) who named schorl (schorl). Then, mineral names were based on each individĀ...species. Modern historians are uncertain as to what schorl actually was in Erker's time, except that the intervening...of mineralogy reinforce the notion that Erker's schorl is the modern, accepted species of the same name...had described schorl sufficiently for a modern, recognizable definition. The word schorl, in its earliest |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...would hit the mineral bonanza but now that hope is gone and a level area that will eventually be grown-over...of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District 13-7: 1.6-8; Minerals near Tateville. Pulaski...ilmenorutile, magnetite, mica. quartz. rutilc, schorl. smoky quartz, titanite, 134: 13 Borneo, Sarabau...near Aldama: quartz, 138: 1,6.7; Santa Eulalia District: goethite, quartz, 13-8: 1.6,7: Naica: gypsum |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...JanuaryāFebruary, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...which he had heard on his travels concerning a āvalley of serpentsā which was littered with diamonds but...Hunters would throw chunks of raw meat into the valley, vultures would snatch the meat away from the snakes...had adhered to the meat. This resembles another āvalley of diamondsā story also repeated by Marco Polo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | These were thought to be a new type of gem, having gone unrecognized for some time, and 1 Natural History...High concentrations of Fe2+, Mn 2+, and/or Ti4+ Schorl, elbaite, liddicoatitic tourmaline (c) Commonly...and Henn 2001) and in the Alto Ligonha pegmatite district of Mozambique (Laurs et al. 2008 and references...crystals are typically black and are generally schorl or foitite (FIG. 8). The black root is commonly...California, USA Mesa Grande district South America Africa Pala district ā¼ ļØ Warner Springs ā¼ (2) |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ā¢ Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dalānegorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It...12:00 PM CTāā 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...visit HA.com/5168 52005 TALMESSITE Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-DraĆ¢ |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...advanced collectors can trace the changes they have gone through over the years. In the 1960's and early...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals...Stuart Wilensky, Sandor Fuss and many others have all gone through similar alterations in direction. OTHER... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | as a civil engineer for the Metropolitan Water District. While working in the desert on the electric transmission...collecting; they took field trips to the Mesa Grande district, the Crestmore quarry, and other localities, and...state is intersected by the Findlay Arch mineral district. The area is characterized by a continental temperate...made this discovery. Novotny was a local who had gone to high school with a number of the quarry workers...Mississippi ValleyāType lead-zinc deposit similar to those at Elmwood, Tennessee, the Tri-State district of Missouri |
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