 | | 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 |  | | 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...‘normal’ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced by a purple or green cube of fluorite...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...biotite-hornblende granite quartz, microcline, beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek...Rare-Element zircon, allanite, anatase, scepter quartz Roberts et al. (2009); Greenwood (1964); Barker...(1968); Kunz (1884); Pegau (1929) 10 Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, NM, USA Intrusive into metamorphic |  | Hawthorne, F. C., Cooper, M. A., Ball, N. A., Abdu, Y. A., Cerny, P., Camara, F., Laurs, B. M. (2012) Billwiseite, ideally Sb3+5(Nb,Ta)3WO18, a new oxide mineral species from the Stak Nala pegmatite, Nanga Parbat - Haramosh Massif, Pakistan: description and crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 805-814 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.805 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE STAK NALA PEGMATITE, NANGA PARBAT – HARAMOSH MASSIF, PAKISTAN: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL...of the Nanga Parbat – Haramosh massif at Stak Nala, 70 km east of Gilgit, Pakistan. It is transparent,...abundant minerals in the cavities at Stak Nala are albite, quartz, K-feldspar, tourmaline, muscovite or...granitic pegmatite, Nanga Parbat – Haramosh massif, Stak Nala, Gilgit, Pakistan. Introduction The granitic...granitic pegmatites at Stak Nala, Karakoram Mountains, northern Pakistan, belong to the LCT (Li– Cs–Ta) family |  | | 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...Figure 4. Achroite or colorless tourmaline with quartz crystals from St. Just, Cornwall (from Sowerby’s |  | | Report (issue) | | web. Elbaite, 2 cm, from Stak Nala, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Marin Minerals specimen...at Stak Nala near Tukla, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan (the former Northern Areas), Pakistan; the...=============================== color-zoned Stak Nala elbaites have shown pale green, pale blue or pale...seeing in Stak Nala specimens; rather, they are without matrix or associations. Stak Nala elbaite has...spodumene, 5 cm, from the Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Trinity Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...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...Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture |  | | Report (issue) | | Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, and 19 of these specimens, from small miniature...Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Marin Minerals specimen; Mike Keim photo. 4...======================= Quartz, 2.1 cm, from Zhob, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Mineral Movies specimen;...acquired a new batch of floater quartz crystals from Zhob, Baluchistan, Pakistan. He remarks on the site that...also a 1998-1999 find of clay-included “fenster” quartz crystals at Zhob (represented by specimens in the |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | =============================== Acanthite on quartz, 2.7 cm, from Guanajuato, Mexico. Mineral Movies...up smartly on shards of drusy white calcite or quartz. On the site run by Andy Seibel (andyseibel.com)...all are top-notch, but it was a piece from Stak Nala, Pakistan—already “reserved,” it’s my duty to say—which...but because it is yellow. Of course, we expect Stak Nala elbaite crystals to be dark green with pink and...” Collected in 1981 and thus very “early” for Stak Nala, the specimen was once in the David Eidahl 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Newsletter March 2021 4 Elbaite on quartz (top and right) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photos:...colored elbaite contrasting with clear or white quartz or cleavelandite. The complex conditions required...of eastern San Diego County, CA. In the mining district around Pala, CA, and specifically at the Stewart...California, named for the “smokestacks” of tourmaline on quartz. Source: Smithsonian Institution; photo: Chip Clark...crystal—the first reported bicolor elbaite from the Pala District. Apparently, 1915 was a major year for exhibitions |  | | 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...specimen. James Elliott photo 10 Fluorite and quartz, 21 cm aross, Planggenstock, Göschenenalp, Kanton...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 |  | | 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...issue features a pegmatite mineral, tourmaline on quartz, in keeping with Tucson's Big and Beautiful pegmatite...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...important and have been mined for muscovite, feldspar, quartz, lithium minerals, tantalum and niobium minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be schorl, from Chamachu, Stak Nala, Haramosh, Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan. Fabre Minerals specimen and...schorl-elbaite with quartz from the Big Kahuna zone, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, |  | | 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) | | Magdalensburg (Carinthia, Austria), where a series of quartz crystals were found at a settlement that can be...(Lombardy, northem Italy), a transparent and perfect quartz crystaldoubly terminated and about 2.5 cm in diameter-was...foothills of the Lombardy Alps (Pezzotta, 1999), where quartz occurs in a deposit very similar to that of the...the Sicilian sulfur deposits; so-called "fenster quartz" of Porretta Terme; gypsum and other minerals of...Valley and the Siusi Alp; druses of orthoclase and quartz with associated minerals from the pegmatite geodes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Central Sweden High Himalaya, Nepal Stak Nala, northeast Pakistan Koktokay # 3 pegmatite, NW China Sierras...Hoskin Lake Granite Rockford Granite Sebago Pluton Quartz Creek Granite Peninsular Ranges Batholith Harney...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...Dakota, Coosa Co., Alabama (Rockford Granite), and Quartz Creek, Colorado all plot within the VAG granite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of muscovite with quartz, 6.8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County...across, and are associated with beryl, albite, and quartz. Plumose muscovite has been found at the Smith...minerals include beryl, albite, fluorapatite, and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire, the Chandler quarry,...minerals include albite, fluorapatite, beryl, and quartz, to name but a few. Also in Grafton County is the...rosettes, associated with fluorapatite, albite, and quartz have come from here. The Strickland quarry, Portland |  | | Report (issue) | | apatite, spodumene, zircon, fluorite, feldspar, quartz. Distribution: From Helgeroa, Langesundsfjord...near Ramona, and the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego Co., and in the Jensen quarry, Riverside...Florence Co., Wisconsin. In Pakistan, around Stak Nala and Drot, Gilgit-Skardu road, Northern Areas....(1996) Twinned hambergite from the Gilgit district, Northern Pakistan. Can. Mineral., 34, 615–621. All |  | | Report (issue) | | Vanadinite on siderite, 4.6 cm, from Taouz, Tafilalt district near Erfoud, Morocco. Fabre Minerals specimen...the famous Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate cobalt-mining district, and Jordi has six of these specimens, 6.4 to...specimens of gemmy, Dauphiné law-twinned smoky quartz specimens from a new locality in Malawi called...similar to the famous one at Mt. Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi, and, like Mt. Malosa, produces well-crystallized...aegirine and parisite. Most of Mike Keim’s smoky quartz crystals are loose singles, but there is one lovely |  | | Report (issue) | | detrital in sediments. Association: spodumene. Quartz, albite, lepidolite, microcline, garnet, muscovite...Campo, Elba. In the Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) district, Ural Mountains, Russia. From Korgal and Mawi...Laghman Province, Afghanistan. In Pakistan, from around Gilgit and Stak Nala. At Ampantsikahitra, Anjanabonoina...and elsewhere on Madagascar. In the Alto Ligonha district, Mozambique. At Karibib and Usakos, Namibia. In...Brazil, from a large district around Ara»cua¶³-Itinga-Salinas, and the Itatiaia district, Governador Valadares |  | | 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...the term "topaz" in reference to the olivines, quartz, and other Topaz crystals can be extraordinarily...Moreover, gold-color quartz ("citrine") is often labeled "topaz quartz" and brown, smoky quartz is sold as "smoky...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo |  | | Book (volume) | | with Arkansas Quartz and polished Agates. We instantly fell in love with a clear Quartz group and bought...Panasqueira, Portugal, 2, 42 Aquamarine Dassu, Baltistan, Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina...Linwu Co., Hunan Prov., China, 44 Hambergite Stak Nala, Pakistan, 55 Helvite Jinlong, Guangdong Prov., China...Pseudoboleite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleó District, Mexico, 33 Pyrite Quiruvilca, Peru, 40 Pyromorphite...Pyromorphite Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China, 32, 57 Quartz (Amethyst), Brandberg, Namibia, 41 (Japan Law |  | | Journal (issue) | | at congress 15 Gemstone and mineral mining in Pakistan 19 Madison Dialogue holds first colored gems...distribution. In this respect, the government of Pakistan has launched an initiative for the development...assess the gemstone mining situation in northern Pakistan as well as making recommendations for the improvement...Administrated Northern Areas of Pakistan. The trip was limited to the Gilgit, Skardu and Astore districts...have been produced in this mountainous region of Pakistan for nearly 40 years. Mountainous regions are geologically |
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Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan