 | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens is from the Dattaw mine, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin district, Mandalay Division. It consists of green crystals...in marble from the Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province. In neighboring Pakistan very fine crystals of diopside...microcline have come from Alchuri (sometimes spelled Alchori), Shigar Valley, Baltistan. The crystals in the...largest approximately 2.5 cm. Also associated with Alchuri diopside are epidote, actinolite, and zoisite....between Alchuri and Shigar at Hashupa (sometimes spelled Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Baltistan. The crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gray and Hungry: An Early Mineral Buying Trip to Pakistan (Part II) Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...302 Louisville, CO 80027 After having crossed the Gilgit River at the Alam bridge, satisfied that I had...companions and I turned and ambled up the Indus Valley toward Skardu, on one of the only two mostly-sunny...foreboding gorge guarding the lower entrance to the valley. It turned out to not be a mine per se, but an... May 2004 Mineral News 3---- Mineral Buying in Pakistan (Continued from page 1) Local people set to work |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Famous mineral localities: Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . 513 by D. Blauwet Minerals from Alchuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...deposits near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens |  | | 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...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; |  | | 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...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 |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...whereas in the typical ilmenite-bearing paragenesis orthoclase is less common, zeolites are absent, and brookite...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent |  | | Journal (issue) | | Aquamarine beryl, 10.5 cm, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Northem Areas, Pakistan ; Marc Countiss collection; Joe...COLLECTION Schort on albite, 15 cm, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite, 14.5 cm, Pederneira...photo. Mesolite with apophyllite, 14 cm, Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Joe Budd photo. Apophyllite...Apophyllite on stilbite, 9.5 cm, Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, lndia. Joe Budd photo. Arsenopyrite with quartz...stibnite, 8.5 cm, Xionghuang Kuang mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | orange and brown. Associated minerals include orthoclase (variety adularia), clinozoisite, epidote, and...have come from the Uncle Billy Rogers mine, Hope Valley, Alpine County. For those into the lapidary arts...cm on edge have been found at Žulová, Jesenik district, Olomouc region, Czech Republic. Similar specimens...specimens have come from Černá Voda, Jesenik district, Olomouc region. Brown grossular to 1 cm on edge,...Hazlov (also noted as Haslau on old labels), Cheb district, Karlovy Vary region. Grossular is found as well-formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ........................sprays on shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff...Huamin Empire Plaza 726 Yan An Shi Road Changning District, Shanghai City China 200050 Email: chen@irocks...JOAQUIM CALLEN PHOTO STONETRUST ~r/t/w KAOKOVELD DISTRICT Robert J. Bowell ' Olga Ermolina 2 Wim van der...van Us 3 Marius Steiner 4 The Kaokoveld copper district is currently an excellent source offine minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...fluorite from an exceptional find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Kosnarite was later found in Brazil in the Jenipapo district. Kosnar assembled an extensive suite of some of...Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058 Villasanta...near a side valley of the Hunza River Valley in the Nagar district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Although |  | | Journal (issue) | | responsibility course 96 p. 168 Gem Notes Axinite from Pakistan|Cat’s-eye diaspore from Turkey|Polymerfilled star...Norway|Garnet mining in Tanzania|Kyanite from Pakistan|Black star sapphires from Liberia|Age of Myanmar...Laboratory in Kofu, Japan, covers demantoid from Pakistan, colour terminology in the gem trade, melee-size...STONES Axinite from Shigar Fort, Northern Pakistan While on a buying trip to Pakistan in October 2014, one...veins) located above Shigar Fort, a historical site on the outskirts of Shigar town. This area is the |  | | Book | | rEarth ScienceMonographs Volume б Lauf 4880 Lower Valley Road, Arglen, Pennsylvania 19310 Other Schiffer...Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Phone: (610) 593-1777; Fax:...the spectacular finds of anatase and brookite in Pakistan in the last five years, the author considers it...material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with strong backlighting...Figure 3. Faceted anatase from Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan. As with the rutile in the previous photo, the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District 13-7: 1.6-8; Minerals near Tateville. Pulaski...near Aldama: quartz, 138: 1,6.7; Santa Eulalia District: goethite, quartz, 13-8: 1.6,7: Naica: gypsum...molybdenite, pyrite, quartz. 13-8: 1,6,7; Santa Eulalia District: arsenopyrite. calcite, fluorite, quartz. smithsonite...pyromorphite. 13-4: 1.4,5; Mina Chirabel, Santa Eulalia District: rosasite, 13-8: 1,6,7; Santa Eulalia: gypsum |  | | Journal (issue) | | demonstrate the trichroism; from Merelani, Umba Valley, Tanzania. F. John Barlow collection; photo by...Montmorillonite Muscovite (sericite) Olivenite Orthoclase (adularia) Parnauite Pharmacosiderite Posnjakite...deposits of the Antelope (Majuba Hill) mining district, Pershing County, Nevada. M.S. thesis, University...face of the range bordering the upper Salmon River Valley. These faults and a vertical joint system, com...Laumontite Masutomilite Microcline Muscovite Opal Orthoclase Phenakite Quartz Spessartine Stilbite Topaz Uranophane |  | Kozáková, Petra, Miglierini, Marcel, Čaplovičová, Mária, Škoda, Radek, Bačík, Peter (2022) Structural Breakdown of Natural Epidote and Clinozoisite in High-T and Low-P Conditions and Characterization of Its Products. Minerals, 12 (2) 238 doi:10.3390/min12020238 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals were from Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baluchistan, Pakistan (CP). Samples were...Epidote, Czech Republic (Sobotín) Clinozoisite, Pakistan (Baluchistan) ES-0 ES-9 ES-10 ES-11 ES-12 CP-0... MgO (Mg Kα), pure Ni (NiKα), albite (NaKα), orthoclase (KKα), Rb2 ZnSi5 O12 glass (RbLα), pollucite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Mineralogy of the Spring Creek area, Last Chance Mining District, Plumas County, California. Axis, volume 1, number...and 1909, the mines of the Last Chance mining district produced significant quantities of copper and...artist White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 8, 1– 9 + 12 un-numbered...III: White Watson. Journal of the Bakewell and District Historical Society, no. 9, 113. BRIGHTON, T. (1983) |  | | Journal (issue) | | gold specimens to 3.8 cm, from the Santa Elena district. F. John Barlow collection; Wendell Wilson photo...England Wheal Duchy (Huel Dutchy) in the Callington District near the eastern border of Cornwall, was opened...mimic the morphology of claudetite from Imperial Valley, California as illustrated by Palache (1934), shown...crystal with epitactic spessartine, 3 cm, from Pakistan. Jeff Fast photo; J. S. White collection. would...crystal, 3.7 cm, from Locotal braccia, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Vuonnemite was first described from the Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia as a new...Hailing from the renowned Herja mine, Maramures district, Rumania, the 2-cm quartz crystals occur as simple...complex rare-earth pegmatite at Mt. Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi. It is the rare amphibole species arfvedsonite...new style of orthoclase collected last summer at Nieosla, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan— and Andreas |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...red-orange spessartine crystals form coatings on orthoclase and smoky quartz crystals have become quite familiar...passed through a narrow valley with many banana and orange trees. As the valley THE LOCALITY: SETTING...houses. At an elevation of 800 meters a hanging valley began, and what had been the good asphalt road...outcrops of granite. From the sides of the hanging valley itself—to the extent that one could see through |  | | Book | | Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257... A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The Fat...24:67 Famous mineral local.ities: the Rush Creek district, Marion County, Arkansas (by D. A. Richards) 24:285-299...E. Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza |  | | Journal (issue) | | area is basically everywhere except the Dale Beck Valley, Dry Gill and Carrock End Mine. Grahamis hoping... mid Wales, northeast Wales, Derbyshire, Lake District, mid Pennines, North Pennines (classic for smithsonite)...around each of these areas, starting with the Lake District. Mention was made of the 10 ton block of smithsonite...its interesting report on Iron, the Pentyrchand District Local History Society has recently published an...Dave's microscope at his fine selection of Neath valley slag minerals, gleaned from many tflousands of |  | | Book | | Norway; large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. lt is common in the Coeur d' Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm ( L2...10 mm (3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...cm in size, are known from pegmatites in Nagar, Pakistan. Nice crystals were also found in greisens in...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district, South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to |  | | Book | | Norway: large crystals also occur in the Temiskaming district, Quebec, Canada; tabular crystals up to 120 mm...Czech Republic. It is common in the Cocur d'Alene district, Idaho, USA. Acicular crystals up to 30 cm (12...10 mm (J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to...cm in size, are known from pegmatites in Nagar, Pakistan. Nice crystals were also found in greisens in...kg (333 lb 3 oz) was also found in the Letaba district. South Africa. Sapphire crystals weighing up to |
|
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan