Quartzite from Turkestan


China
Xinjiang Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture) Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.) ⓘ Astingbulake BIF	Lei, R. X., Wu, C. Z., Zhang, K., Yang, X. F., & Ye, H. (2022). Depositional environment and genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Astingbulake banded iron formations from the Quruqtagh Block, Northeast Tarim Craton. Ore Geology Reviews, 104946.
Turpan Toksun Co. ⓘ Shihongtan U deposit	Peng, Xinjian, Maozhong Min, Haiming Qiao, Jinping Wang, and Mostafa Fayek. (2016) "Uranium-Series Disequilibria in the Groundwater of the Shihongtan Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposit, NW China" Minerals 6, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/min6010003

Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Pyandzh River Valley ⓘ Kukh-i-Lal (Kukhilal; Kuhi-lal)	Malsy, A., & Klemm, L. (2010). Distinction of gem spinels from the Himalayan mountain belt. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, 64(10), 741-746.
Sughd Ghafurov District ⓘ Biryuzakan deposit	Menchinskaya, T.I. (2009) Postmagmatic formations and characteristics of the deposit of turquoise at Biryuzakan. International Geological Review, 17, 4, 385-389. Menchinskaya, T.I. [Менчинская, Т.И.] (1973) Postmagmatic formations and characteristics of the turquoise mineralization of the Biryuzakan deposit [Постмагматические образования и особенности бирюзовой минерализации месторождения Бирюзакан]. Soviet Geology [Советская геология], 11, 146-150 (in Russian)

Uzbekistan
Navoiy Bukantau Mountains ⓘ Karashoho pipe	Golovko, A.V., Kaminsky, F.V. (2010) The Shoshonite-Absarokite-Picrite Karashoho Pipe, Uzbekistan: An Unusual Diamond Deposit in an Atypical Tectonic Environment. Economic Geology, 105, 825-840.

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