 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes...(1968); Kunz (1884); Pegau (1929) 10 Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, NM, USA Intrusive into metamorphic...pegmatite in a NYF Muscovite Class field spodumene, pollucite, beryl, microlite, amazonite Wise and Brown (2009);...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | 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...Eichholz’s translation, 1971) “Caria” is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The In dian stones...Gem and lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California. California Department |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • 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 doesn’t |  | | 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...brazilianite; euclase; chrysoberyl; petalite; pollucite; tantalite; cassiterite; apatite, monazite, and...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman...Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11 |  | | 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 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm...Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14.5 x 3 x 2 cm, mim... Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan, 4.5 x 2 x 1 cm, mim specimen...mine (Halero mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Catapleite. Poudrette |  | | Journal (issue) | | of eastern San Diego County, CA. In the mining district around Pala, CA, and specifically at the Stewart...crystal—the first reported bicolor elbaite from the Pala District. Apparently, 1915 was a major year for exhibitions...jewelry, of course. The pegmatites in the Pala District are zoned. Open areas, called pockets, gave crystals...Mines are among the notable historic mines in this district. Mining at the Tourmaline King, Tourmaline Queen...specimens from the Little Three Mine in the Ramona District. The Little Three produced elbaite in diverse |  | Brisbin, W. C., Eby, R. K., Corkery, M. T., Cerny, P., Chackowsky, L. E., Ferreira, K., Halden, N. M., Meintzer, R. E., Trueman, D. L. (2012) EXTREME FRACTIONATION AND DEFORMATION OF THE LEUCOGRANITE - PEGMATITE SUITE AT RED CROSS LAKE, MANITOBA, CANADA. III. DESCRIPTION OF SHEARING AND MYLONITIZATION TEXTURES IN THE LEPIDOLITE PEGMATITES. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (6) 1823-1838 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.6.1823 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tourmaline through beryl, K-feldspar, amblygonite, pollucite, albite, spodumene, and quartz to micas. The most...in part perthitic. Accessory minerals include pollucite, amblygonite, alkali-enriched beryl and pink elbaite...K-feldspar are widespread products of alteration of pollucite (see Part IV, Černý et al. 2012c). The Mesoscopic...– quartz – albite. Late adularian K-feldspar, pollucite, tourmaline, beryl, and amblygonite occur as accessory...estimated at 5 cm. Fractured porphyroclasts of pollucite are up to 3 cm in diameter, and indicate the possibility |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Central Sweden High Himalaya, Nepal Stak Nala, northeast Pakistan Koktokay # 3 pegmatite, NW China Sierras...Colorado, USA Trout Creek Pass District, Colorado, USA Mojave District, Arizona, USA Searchlight Dist...Nevada, USA Barringer Hill, Llano, Texas, USA White Mts., New Hampshire, USA Wausau Complex, Wisconsin, USA...Nevada, USA Barringer Hill, Llano, Texas, USA White Mts., New Hampshire, USA Wausau Complex, Wisconsin, USA...central Sweden High Himalaya, Nepal Stak Nala, northeast Pakistan Koktokay # 3 pegmatite, northwest China |  | | 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 (issue) | | 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE ...quartz with albite, 11 cm, from Nyet Bruk, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Roberto Appiani photo. "IMPERIAL" TOPAZ...crystals to 14 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1998); biotite-bearing gneissic host-rocks at Stak Nala, Pakistan, contain exocontact schorl, dravite and elbaite...exocontacts of the miarolitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Pakistan (Laurs et al. 1998). GENERAL GEOLOGY The...wall-zone (20) and in the hanging wall above the pollucite zone (80). 12/09/00, 12:46 EXOCONTACT TOURMALINE...granitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Nanga Parbat – Haramosh massif, northern Pakistan. Can. Mineral. 36, 1-47 |  | | 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; |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | central intermediate zone, (70) quartz zone, (80) pollucite zone and (90) lepidolite zone. In contrast to...minerals, beryl and hafnian zircon. The quartz, pollucite and lepidolite zones (70), (80) and (90) are monomineralic...is mined for Ta (wodginite and tantalite), Cs (pollucite), Rb (lepidolite) and ceramic-grade spodumene...concentric shell, the upper parts of which contain the pollucite zone (80) as a late but integral part (for a map...tourmaline enclosed in pollucite is columnar (6 ⫻ 1 cm) and contains K-feldspar + pollucite veinlets. Pink patchily |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diversified (Trout Creek Pass versus South Platte district or Iveland, respectively; Table 5). The REL–REE...significant minerals of rare elements [e.g., Stak Nala in Pakistan: Laurs et al. (1998)]. The subdivision of...from spodumenepoor occurrences (such as Drot in Pakistan, Laurs et al. 1998) to spodumene-enriched pegmatites...pegmatites are transitional into it, as in the Safira district, Brazil (Bilal et al. 1997) and Elba, Italy (Pezzotta...date [Kimito in Finland: Pehrman (1945), Tørdal district of Norway: Bergstøl & Juve (1988), Černý (1991a) |  | Novák, Milan, Cempírek, Jan, Gadas, Petr, Škoda, Radek, Vašinová Galiová, Michaela, Pezzotta, Federico, Groat, Lee A. (2015) Boralsilite and Li, Be-bearing "Boron Mullite" Al8B2Si2O19, Breakdown products of spodumene from the Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany valley, Madagascar. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 357-374 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400092 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beryl (frequently Cs-rich), columbite-tantalite, pollucite, rhodizite-londonite, zircon, lithiophilite, microlite...Schematic map of the Sahatany Valley pegmatite district. The grey stars represent the main pegmatite dikes...topaz (F), gahnite (Zn), Rb-leucite (Rb), and pollucite (Cs). The peak counting time was 10 s for major...granitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Nanga-Parbat - Haramosh massif, northern Pakistan. Canadian Mineralogist...lithiophilite in pegmatites of the White Picacho district, Arizona. American Mineralogist 67, 97–113. LONDON |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lepidolite elbaite, ‘fluor-elbaite’, beryl, pollucite, eucryptite, bertrandite, fluor-microlite, herderite...variety of albite elbaite, ‘fluor-elbaite’, beryl, pollucite, tantalite (Mn), microlite r4 of the inner intermediate...granitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, northern Pakistan. – Can. Mineral. 36:...Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite dike, Ramona District, California. – Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 136: |  | | Journal (issue) | | 00. Tourmaline —Stak Nala, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Baltistan, Pakistan. 114” x 114” x 114”...crystal measures 3.1 cm. Bruce Barlow collection. PAKISTAN EPIDOTE Some exceptional and distinctive epidote...epidote crystals have come out of northern Pakistan recently. The crystals are up to 9 cm tall, very lustrous...Gerais, Brazil. Figure 5. Epidote crystals from Pakistan. Width: 2.3 and 2.5 cm. Western Minerals specimens...(“cuproadamite”) from Tsumeb, Namibia. • New from Pakistan were some gemmy, amber-colored spessartine crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | ORTHOSERPIERITE Ca Cu Zn SO/4 Blue crusts on matrix.(Galurio Mts Arizona USA) See Min Rec Vol 27 No 3. lxlins £5 lx2ins...(Magnification needed) (Schlackental, Nr Oberschulenberg Harz Mts ,Germanyj 2cm £4.50 . 153 CLINOTYROLITE CaCu(As,S)...LOCATION (Berezov,Ekaterinburg was Sverdlovsk, Ural Mts Russia) matrix size lx!4 £4 lx2ins £8 163 GALENA...18 B) group of 2 or 3 xls £25. (Nangur,Pabaut Pakistan) Z E 0 L I T E S 017 ANALCITE. Zeolite Group...cotton wool like masses on rock, some Qucr (New Water Mts, near Eagle Eye La Paz County, Arizona) ixK r 1x1 |  | | Report (issue) | | Schor! and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil;...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...and Parafba, Brazil; Sahatany Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley...Valley, Afghanistan and the Malkhan district in Russia's Transbaikal region have been the source of many...terminations from Shigar Valley in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The crystal on the left is 2. 7 cm tall. Collection |  | | Catalog/List | | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Shigar Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan; mim specimen No. 2128,...tall, Lolu Dahkumine, Roundu Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; mim specimen No. 1852...20 cm tall, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofi- nandrahana district, Amoron'i Mania region, Fianarantsoa Province... 22 cm across, Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan dis- trict, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)...Areas), Pakistan; mim specimen No. 1070, James Elliott/FM! photo. Figure 21. Tellurium, 5 cm tall, Ko~kbulak |
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