 | | Journal (issue) | | Cornelius Hurlbut, and C. W Fryer Pink Topaz from Pakistan Edward Gubelin, Giorgio Graziani, and A. H. Kuzmi...THE COVER: Recently a small hillock near Katlang, Pakistan, has begun to produce fine gem-quality pink...present an in-depth report on topaz from the Ghundao hill, the only known in-situ deposit of pink topaz...topaz in the world today. The finest-quality Pakistan pink topaz is reminiscent o f the stones shown here...GEMS & GEMOLOGY Fall 1986 139 PINK TOPAZ FROM PAKISTAN By Edward Gubelin, Giorgio Graziani, and A. H |  | | Report (issue) | | stones (weighing a total of 2.52 carats) from Katlang, Pakistan, adorn the upper wings, with a matched pair... 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo Top left:...banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006 8 TOPAZ...Germany; Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan; near Volyndarsk-Volynsky, Ukraine; Kleine...Namibia; Mokrusha Mursinka District, Ural Mountains, Russia; Paprok, Laghman Province, Afghanistan; San Diego |  | | 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) | | cm, from the Eagleâs 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...Diaspore twin, 1.3 cm, from near Pinarcik, MĹgla Province, Turkey. LĂĄszlĂł Kupi collection and photo. (2)...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; |  | | Book | | Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP ,_ â˘a PART OF REED INTERNATIONAL...184 Nigeria 184 Northern Ireland 186 Norway 186 Pakistan 186 People's Republic of China 188 Portugal 189...Occurrences Pink/red - Ouro Preto, Brazil; Katlang, Pakistan; Kamenka river, Siberia. Stable yellow/amber...Brazil, Sri Lanka; Jos plateau, Nigeria; Volyn district, Ukraine, and numerous pegmatites throughout the...the Sanarka river in the southern Urals, Katlang, Pakistan, and a few other localities. Most topaz has |  | | Journal (issue) | | 10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe Budd photo. This...Kevin Brown Diane & Keith Brownlee Jim Gibbs Lyda Hill Shelly & Jim Houran Rob Lavinsky Betty Llewellyn...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection; photo...Gaylord's Tennessee Minerals Gellani Enterprises - Pakistan Gem & M inerals of Dallas Gemini Minerals Genady...Enough . . . Inc. Hallelujah Mines Hammad Gems - Pakistan Hampel Mineraiogical Museum Hendricks, Pat M inerals...Runner, Bruce & Jo Russell / Zuhl Saeed Ur Rahman - Pakistan Sandman, The Schlichter, Ernie Minerals Schwarz...- Russia Sunshine M inerals Syed Trading Co. - Pakistan Syntaxis Sunnywood Collection, The Thom pson, |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April....January-February 2007 Topaz Ghundao Hill, Katlang, Mardon District, Pakistan 6.4 cm; Bright pink topaz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Evans, 2010): Ab, albite; Kfs, K-feldspar; Ms, muscovite; Pl, plagioclase; Qz, quartz; Tpz, topaz; Znw...granite from the Hub stock, HornĂ Slavkov-KrĂĄsno ore district, Czech Republic, with aggregates of polysynthetic...Czech Republic (JarchovskĂ˝, 2006); (E) Quartz-muscovite-topaz greisen from the Vykmanov granite stock...association of anhedral to subhedral topaz and muscovite substituting ur plagioclase in the greisenized...in the Hub Jo stock, HornĂ Slavkov-KrĂĄsno ore district, Czech Republic. Topaz occurs as irregular, anhedral |  | | Journal (issue) | | (deceased) Peter L. Via (deceased) Salim Edde Lyda Hill Daniel J. Record Rob Lavinsky Wilbert A. Danner...vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected in...of a discussion in late 2007 between Bart and Ray Hill, a collector from Abbotsford, British Columbia....early lead mines in the Upper Mississippi Valley district (Mineral Point and others). The animal which appears...Moore to a site which would later be named Colby Hill, where the men observed significant amounts of iron |  | | Journal (issue) | | They camped for the night at the foot of a small hill but, as they slept, some of their horses broke away...horses, some of which could be seen at the top of the hill. Climbing to the crest, Weaver found the horses...filled with nuggets from "the potato patch." Rich Hill, as it came to be named, ultimately yielded millions...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVER: Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Collection (left to right): Topaz from Dassu, Pakistan; Amethyst from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California;...California; Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona;...from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite...specimen in many years: a fine matrix topaz from Pakistan. Joe was struck by the realization that he was |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...the Dukeâs fabulously rich copper mines at Ecton Hill, Staffordshire. From Watsonâs original handwritten...specimens of chalcopyrite and other minerals from Ecton Hill in Staffordshire (nominally part of the Derbyshire...artist White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 8, 1â 9 + 12 un-numbered |  | | Catalog/List | | Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ⢠Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518...department. It will be held in the Dallas Design district at 1518 Slocum Street on June 2, 2013. The auction...after LAUMONTITE with APOPHYLLITE Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Three minerals makeup...Haramosh Mts., Gilgit Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan Div., Pakistan The remote and rugged terrain of the Haramosh...87004 KROEHNKITE Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile A very sizable, old |  | | Book | | in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from Rosia Montana...aggregates of fine gold wires come from Famcomb Hill near Breckcnridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals...Greenland. Crystals were also found in Sterling Hill, New Jersey and Crestmore, California. USA Foliated...Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. It is also known from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia and microscopic in Rejska...Crystals occurred also in the Consols mine in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. tabular crystals, |  | | Book | | aggregates of fine gold wires come from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals...in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from Rosia Montana...Crystals of metamorphic origin come from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. Properties: C - tin-white to...Greenland. Crystals were also found in Sterling Hill, New Jersey and Crestmore, California, USA Foliated...Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. It is also known from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia and microscopic 111 |  | | Book | | localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous...ALLEGHANYITE A highly magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by 0. V. Petersen, J. BoUhorn & P....JEANETE --with J. P. Cassedanne: Apatite and muscovite from the Ze Pinto prospect, Minas Gerais, Brazil...(by S. A. Williams) 1:68-69 Cometite from Saginaw Hill, Arizona (by B. Khin) 1:117-118 Chalcoalumite from |  | | Journal (issue) | | vivid âcanaryâ yellow elbaite from the Lundazi District of eastern Zambia, the most important source of...amber ⢠Andradite from Namibia ⢠Andradite from Pakistan ⢠Axinite from Tanzania ⢠Baddeleyite from Mogok...elbaite is the Canary mining area in the Lundazi District of eastern Zambia. The tourmaline has been mined...Chipata area, and the actual locality is the Lundazi District, located ~160 km to the north (as indicated by...PRODUCTION Initial gem discoveries in the Lundazi District probably occurred in the late 1970s through activities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Francolite Franklinite Freibergite Fuchsite (chromium muscovite) Gahnite Galena Galkhaite Gallite Gallobeudantite...Moschellandsbergite Mottramite Mtorolite/mtorodite Murmanite Muscovite Nagyagite Nahcolite Natrite Natrolite Naumanite...albite phenocrysts in a groundmass of albite with muscovite, garnet, apatite, and quartz as accessory minerals...quartz, plagioclase and alkalic feldspar with muscovite and/or biotite. Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous...State, Brazil (Angelica et al., 1997). Chromium muscovite named fuchsite (3.5 wt.% CrO) and chromium phengite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Francolite Franklinite Freibergite Fuchsite (chromium muscovite) Gahnite Galena Galkhaite Gallite Gallobeudantite...Moschellandsbergite Mottramite Mtorolite/mtorodite Murmanite Muscovite Nagyagite Nahcolite Natrite Natrolite Naumanite...albite phenocrysts in a groundmass of albite with muscovite, garnet, apatite, and quartz as accessory minerals...quartz, plagioclase and alkalic feldspar with muscovite and/or biotite. Granodiorite is an intrusive igneous...State, Brazil (Angelica et al., 1997). Chromium muscovite named fuchsite (3.5 wt.% CrO) and chromium phengite |  | | Book (edition) | | Michigan. Domeykite Superior is from the district, Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Ontario, Canada;...Utah; Arizona; New Mexico; Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho. Hill, = 1 Anglesite gems are colorless to...Orthorhombic. Tabular crystals, aggre- Crystallography: District, Ontario, gates and rosettes; massive, granular...007 2.73 2.73 fluoresces 2.68-2.76 in LW- UV Pakistan Mingora 1.596 Bucha 1.588 0.007 590 0.010...Victoria Province cutting schists, also Bubera Province serpentines and Shamva fine Province mica |  | | Book (edition) | | is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400...extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...intermediate and acid members of the volcanic province in southern Brazil and Uruguay, and the fire opals...particularly in the Yun Yang deposit in Hubei Province, China. For many years on the basis of experimental...Himalayas in Pakistan; rubies also from the Himalayas in 33 The Geological Sources of Gems Pakistan and Nepal |  | | Journal (issue) | | characteristics for some diamonds from Kaapvaal Province, S. Africa. Min. Mag., 63 (6), 829-56 Kaminsky...packing Gem-A Instruments 27 Greville Street (Saffron Hill entrance) London EC1N 8TN, UK t: +44 (0)20 7404...Beryllium diffusion-treated sapphires from Antsiranana province, northern Madagascar (and also from other basaltic...(Figure 34b). Discussion: From the Antsiranana province, many untreated basaltic sapphires are colourzoned...beryllium-diffusion-treated yellow sapphire from Antsiranana province, Madagascar; the spectrum shows the absorption |
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