 | | 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 |  | | 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...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic... and Kandara (2007) 19 Shigar-Braldu valleys, Gilgit-Balkistan, Pakistan Intrusive into metamorphic |  | | Journal (issue) | | scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo...photo. Spodumene, 9.5 cm, from Resplendor, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Don and Laura Aaron photo...Aquamarine with spessartine, muscovite and feldspar, 10 cm, from Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, GilgitBaltistan...GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Celestine on sulfur, 5.5 cm, from 70-meter level, Machow |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd...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 (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 |  | | 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...schorl, and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Below: Topaz and spessartine, field of view 3.8 cm wide Sawtooth Range, Idaho;...the banks of the Basha River in Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan. Dudley Blauwet photo, June 12, 2006 |  | | 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) | | volume 54, January–February, 2023 Figure 13. Spessartine on Albite, 14 cm, from the Navegadora claim,...31. Elbaite, 9.2 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson...scepter crystal, 7.5 cm, from the Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson... Figure 47. Elbaite, 4.9 cm, from the Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This crystal shows...54, January–February, 2023 47 Figure 49. Spessartine on cleavelandite, 7 cm, from Galiléia, Minas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [University of Kent] at 15:29 06 November 2014 Spessartine Marienfluss, Northern Namibia I n a recent...both almandine and the closely related species spessartine have made them a historically important and relatively...of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...a fine spessartine specimen from Marienfluss, northern Namibia, has been chosen. Spessartine, because...yellow, orange, and red; almost pure end-member spessartine is bright orange. It is typically transparent |  | | Book (volume) | | apart. Ten collectors can all have an Aqua from Pakistan and each one has it's own individual beauty and...culture. We can appreciate a mineral from China, Pakistan, America or Brazil equally without any preconceived...Centreville, Boise, Idaho, 62 Fiker, N. Areas, Pakistan, 7 Azurite (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine...48 Cumengeite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 66 Diaspore Amatolia...Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 59 Garnet (see also Spessartine) Gold Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa Co., California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Karakorum Metamorphic complex (Dassu±Askole area, NE Pakistan): exhumation of mid-crustal HT±MP gneisses in...in the Karakorum Range (Shigar and Braldu valleys, North of Skardu, NE Pakistan), building on previous...and Askole domes, Fig. 1) in the Skardu area (NE Pakistan) and then to discuss the possible heat source...(8035-8060m) all rV iga lle ey va Indus y 35°30'N Shigar Bt -M 75°00'E Zone of Himalayan Mio-Pliocene...Jutial Darchan Hi s p -G rt StGr t Gl (7452m) Gilgit BT ld-G Early M2 granites and monzonites (Baltoro |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...with crystals to 5 cm across; the Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, where some muscovite crystals...specimens were many Schaller had collected in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The assortment...struck a chord with me. Other mines in the Pala district that have produced musco- Downloaded by [National...deposit of Panasquiera, Covilhã, Castelo Branco district, Portugal, has yielded some nice examples of muscovite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan .............................cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James Elliott photo, Fine... Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm orders@crystalclassics.co.uk |...High in the mountain ranges of the Shigar Valley region of Pakistan, hundreds of mine tunnels pierce steep...a collector for almost 15. On my first trip to Pakistan I was on the hunt for a different gem mineral: |  | | Catalog/List | | Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2 cm wide Ex-collection... Aquamarine with Spessartine Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 25.4 cm tall...spectacular aquamarines associated with deep red spessartine garnets. The pairing of these two species was...Quartz Pulsifer Quarry, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA 3.6 cm tall |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints on the Main Karakorum Thrust, Baltistan, northern Pakistan T. ALLEN A N D C. P. CHAMBERLAIN Department...from rocks in the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc. In Baltistan, this suture has been reactivated by the late...suture zone known as the Indus-Tsangpo Suture. In Pakistan, however, the Kohistan-Ladakh volcanic island...Kohistan-Ladakh island arc and the Asian plate (Fig. 1). In Baltistan (boxed area in Fig. 1) the Shyok Suture Zone has...cryptic in this region. Recent work in northern Pakistan has led to the discovery of discontinuities in |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 32 Aquamarine (on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu...(on Muscovite) Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza River Valley, Pakistan, 58 Grube Beihilfe, Freiberg-Halsbrucke, Saxony...Hunan, China, 6 Garnet (see also Grossular, Spessartine, Tsavorite) Gold Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa Co...inclusions) Diamantina, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 60 Spessartine Garnet (on Smoky Quartz) Tongbei...New Mexico, 8 Topaz Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 44 Tourmaline (Liddicoatite) |  | | Book (volume) | | “Faden” Quartz) Toyee, near Wana, Waziristan, Pakistan, 20 Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India...Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 4 (with Schorl), 54 Azurite Tsumeb...inclusions on Copper) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu...Michigan, 17 (with Calcite) Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Namibia, 61 Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania...Co., Illinois, 63 Garnet (see also Grossular, Spessartine) Gold Eagles Nest Mine, Placer County, California |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mining Associates, Inc., and mined opal at Virgin Valley, Nevada for two summers, subleasing the Royal Peacock...principal city of the entire Jequitinhonha River valley (COMIG-Projeto Espinhaço, 2002). Eucalyptus trees...evolution in the same context as that of the Golconda District (see Cornejo et al., 2019). As the mineralized...did not find a market. On the other side of the valley, nestled near the visited area, there are pegmatites...also 323 Figure 12. A view of the Fanado River Valley area in Capelinha, with several garimpo operations |  | | Journal (issue) | | up in Lockenhaus, a town in the Oberpullendorf District of Burgenland, Austria. He immigrated to Australia...Epidote, 11.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Kintore...Australia. Tourmaline, 13 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Supplement to The Mineralogical...Trust Aquamarine, 10 cm, from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≥ An, An Province, Vietnam. Copper with...Australia. Tourmaline, 10 cm, from Paprok, Kamdesh district, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Topaz, 7 cm, from the |  | | 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...• Markus Raschke - The South Platte Pegmatite District of Colorado: New Insights into Mineralogy, Petrogenesis...spodumene; topaz; the garnet group, especially spessartine and almandine; amblygonite; brazilianite; euclase; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bayley, W .S. 1904. The Menominee iron-bearing district of Michigan. U.S. Geological Survey monograph... Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com The Osceola District, located on the western slope of the Snake Range...1884, operated the placer deposit until 1910. The District is best known for a gold nugget discovered in...Relief and a Tiresome Journey (Difficult Trip to Pakistan) - Part VI, 23-4:8 Blauwet, Dudley: Earthquake...Relief and a Tiresome Journey (Difficult Trip to Pakistan) - Part VII, 23-6: 11 Blauwet, Dudley: Earthquake |  | | Journal (issue) | | West mine, Congo Republic. (7) Sodalite, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia...thumbnail mineral specimens” published in the Antelope Valley (California) Gem and Mineral Club bulletin, mentioned...cm, from the Eagle’s Nest mine, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California. Jingnan Zhang collection...Bustamite, 2.7 cm, from the North mine, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Australia. Stretch Young collection...2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Mount Apatite district near Auburn, Maine. Harvard Mineralogical Museum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clinozoisite crystals 6 cm tall, from Hashupa, Pakistan. Both the large crystal and the smaller one have...Hashupa and at Alchuri, in the Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Blauwet 2006). • Good crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted...Similar stacked groups are found in Pakistan. Also from Pakistan, brilliant, lustrous, black sheaflike |  | | Journal (issue) | | graders at the Copper Creek Elementary School in Oro Valley, spearheaded a campaign in 2014 to propose exactly...to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary sponsor... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite |
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Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan