| | 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 Collection | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | currently producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka | | | Catalog/List | inches (12 x 9.5 x 8.2 cm) TOPAZ - 82.62 CT. Pakistan 23.9 x 19.9 mm Dear Mineral Collector, We are...PSEUDOMORPH after APATITE and APATITE Cumobabi, La Verde District, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico .5 x .25 x...x 1.25 inches (1.27 x 64 x 3.18 cm) SPODUMENE Khauraz, Laghman Prov. (Lagman Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan...URANOCIRCITE Sao Pedro Claim, Malacacheta, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2 x 1.25 x 1 inches (5.08...PINK APATITE in MICA Bulochi, Astor Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan 1.5 x .5 x .25 inches | | | Journal (issue) | Trentino Alto-Adige porphyritic platform in the Fassa Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz...gamet (hessonite variety) and diopside from the Ala Valley. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY...became world-famous for their discoveries in the Ala Valley, and the Pisani family (father and son, respectively...vesuvianite of the rodingites of Piedmont and the Aosta Valley, the sulfur and gypsum from the Ca' Bernardi and...abandoned Sferliin asbestos quarry in the Malenco Valley, following in the footsteps of Pietro Sigismund | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It...12:00 PM CT 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-Draâ | | | Journal (issue) | Associate Cartographer William W. Besse, Green Valley, AZ Rocks & Minerals is available online at Editorial...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...Crystals Small and Beautiful • Myles Felch - Maine's Spodumene-bearing Pegmatites • Peter Lyckberg - Chamber...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis | | | Journal (issue) | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 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 “valley of serpents” 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 “valley of diamonds” story also repeated by Marco Polo | | | Book | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...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...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses") | | | Journal (issue) | Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...known only from a limited area in the New Idria district, San Benito County, California, which now includes...in it and placed it in the lobby of the Pleasant Valley Hotel in Coalinga on July 7. The Mineralogical...398. “Geology and oil resources of the Coalinga District, California,” co-authored with his friend and...specimens, and on vacations to the Rincon pegmatite district in San Diego County he and Swoboda explored for | | | Journal (issue) | gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...England Wheal Duchy (Huel Dutchy) in the Callington District near the eastern border of Cornwall, was opened...mimic the morphology of claudetite from Imperial Valley, California as illustrated by Palache (1934), shown...crystal with epitactic spessartine, 3 cm, from Pakistan. Jeff Fast photo; J. S. White collection. would...crystal, 3.7 cm, from Locotal braccia, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia | | | Journal (issue) | COVER: Sodalite crystal, 2.6 cm, from the Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Herbert Obodda collection;...Mominakhada, close to Rahuri in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra (Makki, 2002). Afterwards there...explanation is that at one time there was located in this valley an Indian storehouse of goods, and a large portion...Illinois fluorspar deposits, and the Pine Point district are strongly correlated with this time period...Mississippi-Valley-Type deposits. The mountain-building event that caused Mississippi-Valley-Type mineralization | | | Journal (issue) | Pegmatites of Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan: An Update on Recent World-Class Finds Peter Lyckberg...manganotantalite were found at Paprok and in the Pech Valley. Kanakana and several other pegmatites produced...gem-quality crystals. The Karakorum Mountains of Pakistan have continued to produce large quantities of...up to 22 cm long. The area around Shengus and Bulochi, by the Indus River between Nanga Parbat and Haramosh...and with the public. An area in Tanzania’s Umba Valley was identified, and the program rolled out in 2017 |
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