 | | 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...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic...Kandara (2007) 19 Shigar-Braldu valleys, Gilgit-Balkistan, Pakistan Intrusive into metamorphic rocks, leucogranites |  | | Journal (issue) | | 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...fine groups of scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent...cm, from Llano County; Bill Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh... 15 cm, from the Wagholi quarry complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India. Don and Laura Aaron photo |  | | Catalog/List | | on earth are the Swiss Alps, Peru, Mongolia and Pakistan. Each locality produces distinctly different variations...Fluorite on Muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 9 cm tall x 7 cm wide...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania 12 cm tall x 6.1 cm...rarity. Tourmaline in Pollucite, Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan 16.5 cm tall x 14 cm wide...16 cm tall x 14.5 cm wide 38 39 CALCITE ON AMETHYST Calcite forming with amethyst is not an uncommon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 21:02 21 November 2014 Figure 1. Fluorite on calcite, 17 cm high, from the Huanggang mines, Huanggang...from the Virtuous Lady mine, in the Tavistock district, Devon, where it also occurs as encrustation pseudomorphs;...Treak Cliff, at Castleton, in the Kinderscout district of Derbyshire, England (Webster and Anderson 1983)...the Caravia-Berbes district, the La Collada district, and the Arlós-Villabona district—each with distinctive...which may be curved. The associated minerals are calcite and barite. La Collada fluorites are distinct, |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 20:57 24 December 2014 Figure 3 (above). Calcite, 5.1 cm across, from the Verchniy mine, Dalnegorsk...from Sabsar, Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeremy C. Smith specimen. The feature...2 cm high, from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. This is the type...type of elegant, clean, gem crystal that has made Pakistan famous. Figure 11. Brookite and quartz, 6.4 cm...cm high, from Dalbundi, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Marcus Budil specimen. I like the way the classic zoning |  | | Report (issue) | | muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection...PAGE 86 Apatite Valleys: Localities of Northern Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan...Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada...apatite structure is complex and contains three district sites on which the cations sit. The calcium and...Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection, Jeff Scovil |  | | Report (issue) | | forsterite, scapolite, phlogopite, chondrodite, calcite, magnetite. Distribution: A few of the many localities...Province, Afghanistan. At Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit district, Pakistan. In Brazil, at the Morro Velho |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14.5 cm, from Dassu, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. James Elliott photo. Supplement to...- - - - - - - SMJTHSONITE pseudomorph after calcite, 25 cm, from the San Giovanni mine, lglesias, Sardinia...mine, Maramures, Romania. Roberto Appiani photo. CALCITE on stibnite, 18 cm (the main crystal is 9.4 cm)...on stilbite, 11.3 cm, from Rahuri, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra, lndia. Roberto Appiani photo. Supplement...January-February, 2011 LUCA BERTELLI ACANTHITE on calcite, 10.8 cm (with crystals up to 1.2 cm), from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | /Tiffany Connection By Vivien Gomitz The Cerrillos District, around 20 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico...sufficed to stimulate a turquoise boom in the district, soon erasing the memory of the earlier disappointing...was one of the most productive m the Cerrillos district. But as with many mines, its heyday was shortlived...H., 1995a. Turquoise Mining History-Cerrillos District Turquoise Mining History. New Mexico Abandoned...:00 p.m. and began the forty-five minute drive to Nagar proper. We backtracked for about twenty minutes |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink 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... Pink Fluorite r Exceptional New Find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Roberto Appiani Via A. Mantegna, 1 I-20058...of the species. T EC MAR BA OOR PEGMATITES Chumar Bakhoor Peak is located at an elevation of 5,520 meters...in the Nagar district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Although it is geographically closer to Nagar village |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:10 29 December 2014 Aquamarine, Shigar, Pakistan, 8 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...conglomerate of tiny crystals of calcium carbonate called calcite. “In some cases, however, the crystals become quite...10.5 × 7.5 × 7.5 cm, Kombat mine, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia; Augustin de Valence...cm, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Alessandro Clemenza photo...5 × 5.5 cm, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Simanjiro district, Tanzania; James Elliot/Fine Minerals International |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September/October 2014 445 Figure 8. Willemite with calcite, 12.5 cm tall, fluorescent under longwave ultraviolet...the new structure in a manner befitting the arts district. True to form, the interior consists entirely...specimen. Figure 12 (below). Manganese-rich calcite on calcite, doubly terminated and the best of the find...England and Germany, and rarities from Tsumeb and Pakistan. Quite a few of Marc Weill’s specimens ended up...Pseudomalachite, 18.7 × 15.0 × 15.5 cm, from the Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink,octahedralfluoritecrystalsfromChukarBaker,Nagar,Pakistan, collectedSeptember2006 Fire Dalllages Wright's...These were recent specimens from Chukar Bakor (Nagar, Pakistan). collected September 2006. of pink. octahedral...crystals from the Aris Phonolite Quarry (Windhoek District. Khomas Region. Namibia). In my view they are...etched and I believe they have been etched from calcite. A few dealers had shigaite specimens from the...special exhibit will on Himalayan Minerals - think Pakistan and Afghanistan, hope for Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen...(the main ore of this mine), chondrodite, and calcite. Collectors looking for a real challenge should...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of orthoclase, the pericline variety of albite, calcite, epidote, muscovite, quartz, titanite, chabazite... Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. Private collection, Jeff Scovil...Fluorapatite on muscovite, 7 cm tall, Nagar, Hunza Valley, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. MIM Museum specimen, James...the Himalayan pegmatites and Alpine clefts of Pakistan and Afghanistan (Blauwet 2013; Rakovan 2013a);...Rural City, Victoria Aberfoyle mine, Rossarden district, Tasmania Complex metamorphosed sedimentary exhalative |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pohl-Ströher collection; Tom Spann photo. Figure 14. Calcite, 20 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Will Johnson...volume 54, January–February, 2023 19 Figure 17. Calcite on amethyst, 9.4 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil... ex Steve Smale; Tom Spann photo. Figure 18. Calcite with celadonite inclusions, 20 cm, from the Rio...January–February, 2023 Figure 19. Rhodonite on calcite, 7 cm, from Morro da Mina mine (“Mine on the Hill”)...photo. Reference: Menezes (2009). Figure 26. Calcite on amethyst, 14 cm, from Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande |  | | Report (issue) | | Union & DMITRI BELAKOVSKJ China BY GUANGHUA LIU Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET Fluorite from Japan BY YOSHIRO... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Mineralogie (1747), did not distinguish limestone or calcite from fluorite. He thus described nine varieties...are frequently found in association with quartz, calcite, galena, sphalerite, and barite to form fabulous...Right: Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo |  | | Book (volume) | | (on Muscovite) Shigar Valley, Skardu, N. Areas, Pakistan, 54 Azurite (on Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine...Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39 Barite (on Calcite) Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, 16 Beryl (see...Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 62 Conichalcite (with Calcite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 43 Copper...Henderson No. 2 mine, Quebec, Canada, 17 Dioptase (on Calcite) Tsumeb, Namibia, 34 Ettringite (on Hematite) N'Chwaning |  | | Journal (issue) | | “a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...Robert Seeber, 1879–1957] of native copper, silver, calcite with copper inclusions, datolite, analcite and...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...main focus is on fluorite, calcite and quartz. I collect fluorite and calcite because of the variety of... Scott Ankenbrand Calcite (cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... 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...matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Supplement |  | | Journal (issue) | | accompanying me to remote areas of the world, from Pakistan to Mexico; for encouraging me (as a collector...interest had shifted to minerals from Brazil, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the array of great gern minerals...Talnakhite Fourth Caste (beautiful but common): Calcite Galena Microcline Quartz Smithsonite Fluorite ... Tourmaline ("Blue-cap") Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 13.2 cm; The specimen...Bricker' s 1990 article, "Arizona' s Silver Mining District," Mineralogical Record, vol. 21, March-April. |  | | 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) | | the only active underground mine in the Kambalda District today. , ' > . ., ' ' I , .. , /' ' ' , ......the only active underground mine in the Kambalda District today. It lies on the crest of the Kambalda Dome...Location of the Beta Hunt mine in the Kambalda District. ■ f Salt Lake Toll Mills Jubilee Gold Figure...that the matrix also contained some feldspar, calcite and pyrite that the acid had attacked. It turned...quartz while in the overlying limestone it is calcite. Minerals containing molybdenum, tungsten and lead |
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