 | Kazmi, A. H., Lawrence, R. D., Anwar, J., Snee, Lawrence W., Hussain, S. (1986) Mingora emerald deposits (Pakistan); suture-associated gem mineralization. Economic Geology, 81 (8) 2022-2028 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.81.8.2022 | 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) | | Neto, and Jan Kanis Polished emeralds from this deposit in northeastern Brazil, discovered in 2006, typically...irradiation. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE pg. 42 73 Brazil’s Emerald Industry Andy Lucas REGULAR FEATURES 31 45 47...synthetic • Diamond with unusual color zoning • Large emerald with gota de aceite structure • Artificial metallic...Mozambique • Azurite in granitic rock from Pakistan • Cat’s-eye emerald from Belmont, Brazil • Meteorite watches...cassiterite • Diopside from Kenya • Emerald mining in Mingora, Pakistan • Dark yellowish green enstatite |  | Rahman, Ghani, Rahman, Atta-ur, Ullah, Sami, Miandad, Muhammad, Collins, Andrew E (2019) Spatial analysis of landslide susceptibility using failure rate approach in the Hindu Kush region, Pakistan. Journal of Earth System Science, 128 (3). doi:10.1007/s12040-019-1066-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | failure rate approach in the Hindu Kush region, Pakistan Ghani Rahman1 , *, Atta-ur Rahman2 , Sami Ullah2...Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan. of Geography, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan. 3 Disaster and...susceptibility zonation in the Hindu Kush region, Pakistan. The study area (Shahpur valley) is located in...may not be as devastating as flood and earthquake (Farooq 1997; Mirnazari and Ahmad 2013). 0123456789().:...a rate of 4–5 mm/yr (Jehan and Ahmad 2006). In Pakistan, the best exposure of geological phenomena and |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colombia • Color-change fluorite • Herderite from Pakistan • Jeremejevite from Myanmar and Sri Lanka • Pink...emeralds. Shown here is a magnificent Colombian emerald and diamond necklace with matching earrings, designed...characterization of Malossi hydrothermal synthetic emerald will be of great value when gemologists start issuing...other hand, the Hanneman-Hodgkinson Synthetic Emerald Filters have been successfully performing this...factor in the sale of major gems such as corundum, emerald, tourmaline, alexandrite, and opal. However, without |  | | Report (issue) | | ROCK COMPLEX, HINDUBAGH, QUETTA DIVISION, WEST PAKISTAN Darwin L. Rossman U. S. Geological Survey and...Ahmad and Hamidur Rahman Geological Survey of Pakistan I]U» S. Geological Survey \ OPEN FILE REPORT...ROCK COMPLEX, HINDUBAGH, QUETTA DIVISION, WEST PAKISTAN By Darwin L. Rossman U. S. Geological Survey...Ahmad and Hamidur Rahman Geological Survey of Pakistan 'ABSTRACT The ultramafic rocks making up the...Survey of Pakistan and the U. S. Geological Survey, under the auspices of the Government of Pakistan and the |  | | 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 (issue) | | Gem Notes Amethyst from Brazil|Beryllonite from Pakistan|Apache Blue Stone from Arizona, USA| Yellow Tianhuang...Ethiopia|Tourmaline from Mwajanga and Simanjiro District, Tanzania|Alluvial diamond mining in South Africa|...pyrite and rhodochrosite inclusions|Quartz from Pakistan with biotite and actinolite inclusions|HPHT synthetic...gemological study of blue sapphires from the Baw Mar mine (Mogok, Myanmar)’ was posted by the Gemological...apphires-baw-mar-minemogok-myanmar. The Baw Mar mine has recently produced a significant amount of fine |  | | Book | | 5. Military 6. Politics 7. Gary W. Bowersox 8. Pakistan 9. Central Asia Page iii Many of the Gem Hunter’s...Lazuli Tourmaline Aquamarine Morganite * q . ,‘OO Emerald Amethyst Spinel ¢@ oFKunzite Topographical Map...Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. Difficult terrain has always hindered transportation...shared. Zia ul-Hagq, President of Pakistan, for arranging a tour of Pakistan and for words of encouragement...data. Akbar Khan, owner of Crystal Gem, Peshawar, Pakistan, for his friend- ship and companionship, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | blue aquamarine from Nigeria • Chalcedony chain • Emerald from Xinjiang, China • Gold-in-quartz from Mariposa...Pezzottaite in quartz • Treated-color topaz from Pakistan • Conference reports • Faceted Burmese rubies...as his description of dolomite in a Brazilian emerald “besieged by a swarm of chromite grains.” Yet also...peridot jewelry suite, from the rough mined in Pakistan to the design and manufacture of the ensemble...are seen in hydrogen-rich diamonds from the Argyle mine (Iakoubovskii and Adriaenssens, 2001). The defects |  | | 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 (issue) | | vivid purple bodycolor, reportedly from a new deposit in Mexico, is actually dyed hydrophane from Ethiopia...acicular emerald inclusions • Quartz with izoklakeite inclusions • Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan • Color-change...Color-change sphene from Pakistan/Afghanistan • Cobalt blue– colored spinel from Vietnam • Trapiche spinel...purple play-of-color opal, reportedly from a new deposit in Mexico, has heightened interest in the origin...actually dyed hydrophane from Ethiopia’s Wollo Province. The fine untreated Wollo opals on the cover consist |  | | 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) | | | Pyrite and Chromite Inclusion Assemblage in Emerald | Six-Rayed Star Enstatite from Madagascar | Yellowish...Trapiche Ruby from Khoan Thong, Luc Yen Mining District, Northern Vietnam 726 By Isabella Pignatelli...diamond, jadeite, nephrite, ruby, sapphire, amber, emerald, coral, pearl, chalcedony, opal and more. Some...as a source of various gems, including diamond, emerald, aquamarine, chrysoberyl, alexandrite, iolite,...Zimbabwe from rough stone dealer Sir-Faraz Ahmad (Farooq) Hashmi (Intimate Gems, Glen Cove, New York, USA) |  | | Journal (issue) | | and fractures within the basalt flow. This opal deposit, which may have been worked in pre-Columbian times...Further prospecting led to the discovery of the deposit itself higher on the hillside. However, it is possible...it, as an old shallow trench suggested that the deposit could have been worked for opal much earlier, perhaps...cabochon-cut pieces of “black matrix opal” from this deposit. In 1970, Mr. Upton donated the carving to Sacred...little public exposure of Leopard opal, and the deposit has lain in relative obscurity for the last several |  | | Journal (issue) | | inclusions in rhodonite from the historic Broken Hill deposit. pg. 238 REGULAR FEATURES _____________________...International Gem mosaics of faceted diamonds • Unusual emerald with conical growth features • Fuchsite-corundum... lower-quality diamonds from Australia’s Argyle mine, coupled with the exponential expansion of India’s...Congo [DRC] after 1996) Minière de Bakwanga (MIBA) mine and Angola’s state-owned diamond-mining company...the open market. With one exception (the Argyle mine), all major diamond production sources were controlled |  | | 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...pressures such as those envisaged for the Merelani deposit is exceptional. The proposed occurrence of mercaptans...rare stones for a research project. The largest mine toured during this trip was operated by Lian Shan |  | | Journal (issue) | | zircon from a new deposit in northeastern China. 42 Aquamarine from the Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province...Province, Vietnam Le Thi-Thu Huong, Wolfgang Hofmeister, Tobias Häger, Nguyen Ngoc Khoi, Nguy Tuyet Nhung...jewelry • Diamond mining in Liberia • Zambian emerald update • Pargasite from Tanzania • Scapolite from...from Mt. Marie, Maine • Imitations of trapiche emerald and rough nephrite • Non-nacreous pearl imitation...imitation • Plastic-coated quartz, imitating emerald • Lead glass–filled trapiche ruby • Myanmar Gem Emporium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | characterized by stringer and veinlet structures of talc–tremolite–actinolite schists with alternate layers...this complex are still Emeishan Large Igneous Province of Southwest China (Song, Zhou, not clear. However...reveals that these volcanic rocks are altered into talc ± chlorite ± tremolite ± actinolite schists and...serpentinites. Presence of white‐coloured powdery talc‐schists can distinctly be observed in the field...and olivine websterite (with cumulates of olivine) Talc ± tremolite ± actinolite ± chlorite schists, serpentinites |  | | Report (volume) | | evolution of the North Karakoram cover, North Pakistan Zi Gaetan, 39 M., JADouL, F., Erpa, E. & Garzanti...granitoid structure of the Hunza Karakoram, north Pakistan TreLoar, magmatism P.J. & Izatr, C.N. Tectonics...West Pakistan 89 Aumep, Z. Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar district, Pakistan Arir...zone of Pakistan Jan, M.Q., Kuan, North Pakistan Kuan, M.A., JAN, B.L. Evolution Pakistan: temporal...reconstruction of the Dir Group: within Kohistan, N. Pakistan Haynes, J.R. & Rex, D.C. evidence for magmatic |  | | 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...Characterization of the new Malossi hydrothermal synthetic emerald. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 328–338. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schumacher Documents a visit to the sapphire, opal, and emerald mining and trading areas of Ethiopia. REGULAR...in opal • Trapiche-like ruby from the Batakundi mine in Kashmir • Sapphire inclusion with rutile “silk”...Washington • Color-change pyrope garnet • Colombian emerald and Mozambican ruby • Colored stone trends • Granada...Moonstone jewelry • Oregon sunstone • Potentate mine sapphire update • “Rainbow lattice” feldspar • Responsibly...with gold sheen • Colombian sapphire and trapiche emerald • CIBJO responsible sourcing book • Conference |  | | Journal (issue) | | artificial resin • Petroleum inclusions in quartz from Pakistan • New Swarovski triplet loupe • Conference reports...Round brilliant N9 0.50 Square cut N10 0.38 Emerald cut N11 N12 N13 N14 0.50 0.55 0.39 2.23 Round...six herderites, which were either pear shapes or emerald cuts, were yellowish green and had similar gemological...originated from Minas Gerais, perhaps from the same deposit as the largest herderite reported here. CYW Large...paraspurrite [discussed below]), reportedly from a deposit in the southwestern U.S. To further compare these |
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