| Locality type: | Valley |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Schorl | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Schorl at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 46044 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:46044:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d381a8bd-ef49-46da-8f52-d21e9861bb12 |
| Localities for Fluorapatite in this Region |
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| Niaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
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| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘShah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘDassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘNyet Bruk, Nyet, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘNiaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘNyet, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘYuno high mines, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘTormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 15.5km (9.6 miles) | ⓘApo Ali Gun, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 23.2km (14.4 miles) | ⓘAlchuri alpine-type clefts, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| 23.6km (14.7 miles) | ⓘRondu, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
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 | | 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 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Famous Mineral Localities Alchuri Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals...near the small village of Alchuri in the Shigar Valley, Pakistan, have produced attractive specimens of...mineral world, yielding faden crystals of quartz, fluorapatite, clinozoisite, orthoclase, titanite, zoisite |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain, 1982), with ilmenite...during the 1970s (see this entry for Actinolite, Fluorapatite, Prehnite, Pumpellyite). Ilmenite was found...furnish excellent specimens of gemmy yellow fluorapatite, as well as good specimens of epidote, pyroxene...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near |  | | Journal (issue) | | Oregon Agate and Mineral Society and the Tualatin Valley Gem Club, and a member of the Pacific Northwest...Synchysite-(Ce) VUK 11 Phosphates Carbonate-fluorapatite Fluorapatite Monazite-(Ce) Rhabdophane-(Ce) M olybdates...phosphorescence for a very short duration. Carbonate-fluorapatite Ca5(P 0 4,C 0 3)3F A very rare, late-stage mineral...chlorite-group mineral admixed with fibrous fluorapatite and also with foliated masses of monazite-(Ce)...examined with the BSE detector. Fluorapatite Ca5(P 0 4)3F Fluorapatite is very rare and inconspicuous |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...The Minh Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . ....Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . .... The Minh Tien Tourmaline Mine Luc Yen Mining District Yenbai Province, Vietnam Dudley Blauwet Mountain...small villages along the flatness of the Red River Valley. The landscape was dotted with small rice and vegetable |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ruby and sapphire mining in Pakistan • Color-change sphene from Pakistan/Afghanistan • Cobalt blue– colored...pattern has been reported in some opal from Virgin Valley, Nevada, but it was smaller and had a slightly... also known as odontolite (mineralogically, fluorapatite). The brooches also contained turquoise and...million years old) sedimentary rocks of the Gers District between the Aquitaine and Languedoc regions of...1997). The fossilized dentine consists mainly of fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F; since medieval times, local Cistercian |
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Niaslo, Basha Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan