 | | 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) | | the most common member of the garnet family, almandine, was described (Cook 2009). Garnet forms under...pleasing array of orange and red hues of both almandine and the closely related species spessartine have...It forms a complete solid-solution series with almandine. Many unanalyzed garnets are only provisionally...determined to be Sp61Alm31Pyr8 (spessartine 61%, almandine 31%, and pyrope 8%) represents a spessartine garnet...and almandine components are present in nearly equal amounts, both names are often used (almandine-spessartine) |  | | 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) | | currently producing localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka |  | | 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...and albite, 7.8 cm tall; Shigar Valley Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; Wayne Sorensen collection, Scovil photo...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 (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...crystals have grown around and included almandine and schorl crystals; and, for the micromounter, the Foote...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 |  | | Report (chapter) | | northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya Ugo Pognante, Piera Benna and Patrick... northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya U G O P O G N A N T E 1., P I E R A B...Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis (Stak and upper Turmik valleys, Pakistan) consist of kyanite-bearing gneiss with minor...pressure metamorphism, part of the HHC from northern Pakistan underwent very rapid cooling and exhumation. By...recorded by the HHC from regions located east of Pakistan (e.g. Nepal). These differences along strike in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphic evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalayas, on the lndus gorge transect: the importance...a major Ntrending transverse structure in the Pakistan Himalayas. Continental rocks of the Indian plate...reference to the Nanga Parbat basement massif in the Pakistan Himalayas. This region consists of complexly deformed...evolution of the NW Himalayas as seen in northern Pakistan. In the first event, between 100 and 85 Ma, the...I00 Figure 1 . Main tectonic elements of the Pakistan Himalayas and (inset) location map for Indus Gorge |  | | 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...Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline |  | | Report (issue) | | Objects BY INGRID S. WEBER 22 Classic Garnets: Almandine BY GLORIA STAEBLER AND PAUL POHWAT 28 New England...Spessartine from Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World...various members). Of these fifteen species, six almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine, and...constitute the "pyralspite" group, named for pyrope, almandine, z and spessartine. Those with Ca + in the X-site...between pairs of end-members: pyrope and almandine or almandine and spessartine. The same occurs within |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Almandine Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...sources of fine specimens. Common species, such as almandine, are produced today for abrasive purposes and...as New York’s official state gemstone in 1969. Almandine is well known as a dark red, brownish-red, red-violet...calculated density _ for the pure mineral is 4.313. Almandine is cubic (4/m 32/m) and occurs in well-formed...severely flattened when included in muscovite. Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...exchange for exclusive gem-mining rights in the district. Agreeing, the king made U Tha Doon “sole governor”...depopulated mining district, and the smuggling of gems entirely out of the district became an industry...off complete anarchy, King Mindon decreed the district free and open to all for mining and trading. Additionally |  | | Journal (issue) | | by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan....................species will be inevitable; for instance, the Pakistan pegmatites covered here have also yielded superb...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Eichholz’s translation, 1971) “Caria” is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The In dian stones...Gem and lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California. California Department |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...the garnet group, especially spessartine and almandine; amblygonite; brazilianite; euclase; chrysoberyl;...States; the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia |  | | Journal (issue) | | “a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo...chalcopyrite, 23.7 cm, from Gaskin’s mine, Empire sub-district, Pope County, Illinois. Fluorite, 16.4 cm, from... 11.2 cm, from the La Viesca mine, La Collada district, Asturias, Spain. Supplement to the Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...to the traditional spinel sources of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Myanmar (spinel, if polished elsewhere, is...start operations at the Kagem mine in the Kafubu District, historically Zambia’s largest source of emeralds...ultimately decided in eBay’s favor when the U.S. District Court of New York determined that the burden of... Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Case No. 08-11261, www.bankruptcylitigationblog |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Continues on page 2) Part II: A Difficult Trip to Pakistan Dudley Blauwet PO Box 302 Louisville, Colorado...near the major brookite deposit in the Kharan district in Baluchistan. It took hard bargaining to produce...www.mzexpos.com August 2006 Mineral News 3 Pakistan Mineral Trip (Continued from page I) Our Badakhshan...displayed a vibrant bright red color, similar to an almandine garnet. We nicknamed the specimens as "Badakhshani...dealers whom I have known from my first trip to Pakistan appeared with 6-8 boxes in tow. I remember him |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IPCS ¼ Indian Plate Cover Sediments, Shengus Meta. ¼ Shengus Metasedimentary Unit, T. ¼ Tarshing. The...plates, is known as the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT) in Pakistan and separates the Kohistan-Ladakh Island Arc (Fig...minor retrograde reversal in spessartine, pyrope, almandine and grossular contents. P-T RESULTS AND METHODOLOGIES...equivalent of the IndusTsangpo Suture Zone in Pakistan) – a structural position that is similar to that...also acknowledged for their logistical support in Pakistan. Reviews by D. Schneider and P. Treloar greatly |  | | Journal (issue) | | at congress 15 Gemstone and mineral mining in Pakistan 19 Madison Dialogue holds first colored gems...distribution. In this respect, the government of Pakistan has launched an initiative for the development...assess the gemstone mining situation in northern Pakistan as well as making recommendations for the improvement...Administrated Northern Areas of Pakistan. The trip was limited to the Gilgit, Skardu and Astore districts...have been produced in this mountainous region of Pakistan for nearly 40 years. Mountainous regions are geologically |  | | Report (chapter) | | enigma of the Indian Plate in the NW Himalaya of Pakistan Peter J. Treloar, Richard M. Palin & Michael P...enigma of the Indian Plate in the NW Himalaya of Pakistan 1* Peter J. Treloar , Richard M. Palin2, Michael...p.j.treloar@kingston.ac.uk) SC Abstract: The Pakistan part of the Himalaya has major differences in...look back over 30 years of research in northern Pakistan, to re-evaluate what he and others were writing...stratigraphy of the Indian plate of PT northern Pakistan was still rudimentary. Under the leadership of |  | | Book | | Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within |  | | 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...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...spessartine crystal, 3.5 cm, from Shengus, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Jeff Scovil photo; J. S. White |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...(Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in the early...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock |  | | Journal (issue) | | travel restrictions as to s~~eral bazaa rs in Pakistan have been closed by the authont1es. The 9ealers...Giazotto, photo by Claus Hedegaard. News from Pakistan New Finds and Information Dudley Blauwet Mountain...days crossing Shahi-Salim Mountains to arrive in Pakistan at Garam Chisma, Chitral Valley. I bought an extraordinary...Karak oram Highway (or a stretch from the Hazara District all the way to Cbilas. an area that takes four...to cross. They also took control of Malak.and District, and Dajuar Agency, and massed. and the n sent |  | | Journal (issue) | | samples examined are intermediate members of the almandine-spessartine series with an appreciable pyrope...Samples have been described as almandine or intermediate pyrope-almandine garnets (rhodolite), rarely also...These garnets from Figure lb: Oval cabochon of almandine garnet weighing 28.88 ct and showing a four-rayed...The garnets are members of the almandine-spessartine series with almandine components of 70-73 mol.% and..., 2002, 28,1,13-23 Table I: Composition of almandine-spessartine garnets from Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar; |
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Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan