| | 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...(variety aquamarine); 19.6 cm high Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan P hoto by | | | 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...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) | Kashmir": Aquamarinschatz aus dem Karakorum-Gebirge, Pakistan s. Daniel Trinchillo und Federico Pezzotta 12...ordcntliche Auswahl au sgezeichneter klarer, loser Aquamarine bis 2 cm Lange aus seiner Verdabbio-Pegmatitdru...Kashmir": Aquamarinschatz aus dem Karakorum, Pakistan von Daniel Trinchillo. Mitarbeit: Federico Pezzotta...och in den Gebirgsziigen der Shigarta1-Region in Pakistan durchstol3en Hunderte von Abbaustollen steile...zuriick, doch kiirzlich offnete eine Expedition bei Nyet-Bruk im Bra1du-Ta1 eine Edelsteindruse, deren Ausmal3 | | | Journal (issue) | 2020 Articles Collecting the King of Kashmir aquamarine ...........................................755...Trinchillo Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan .............................................................. 747 COVER: AQUAMARINE with microcline and quartz (nicknamed the “King...80 cm, from the Biangsapi Gon mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan. Private collection; James Elliott photo...w. FineMineral.com Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm orders@crystalclassics | | | Journal (issue) | Newsletter 1 $3.00 Shigar r-------------------------~ Blues "I have got them Shigar Blues" rhythmically...and all, early this morning. Is this day four in Shigar? . Life is timeless here: no newspaper, no news...rest house in Dassu, on the Braldu River in Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan. With the road to Chutron...Chutron in the Basha Valley blocked because of road construction, we were forced to change from that favorite...problematic. Garnet on albite is from Seydar, Ho Nala, Pakistan. D. Blauwet photo. We, my jeep driver, Shaj i | | | 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...article. INTRODUCTION The Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A hot June night, streets teeming and pulsing | | | 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...(near the Lavra da Ilha pegmatite), the famous aquamarine mines near Medina, the Virgem da Lapa area (the...evolution in the same context as that of the Golconda District (see Cornejo et al., 2019). As the mineralized...stopes and tunnels, in addition to fluorapatite, aquamarine and specular hematite. In the bed of the access | | | 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...the hobby. Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky | | | Catalog/List | seen. 12 13 The Hunza, Braldu, and Shigar Valleys in Northern Pakistan are known for their exceptional...mountains that this specimen was found. This aquamarine exhibits features that represent the finest from...beveled faces. Aquamarine on Feldspar Nyet-Bruk, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., N. Area, Pakistan 10.2 cm tall... Brucite on Brucite Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan 12.7 cm tall x 25 cm wide A recent...recent discovery of yellow brucite in Pakistan yielded the finest and most visually stunning examples | | | Report (issue) | cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Brent Lockhart collection, Jeff Scovil...PAGE 86 Apatite Valleys: Localities of Northern Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET PAGE 96 Apatite from Nuristan...apatite structure is complex and contains three district sites on which the cations sit. The calcium and...5.6 cm tall Alchori, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan John Rakovan collection...light) 8.6 cm tall Bulache, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Jonathan Allred col lection, Joe | | | Report (issue) | Spessartine from Tongbei BY BERTOLD OTTENS 70 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World...uranium-vanadium deposit of the Sandy Mine in the Laguna District, New Mexico, is the type locality for goldmanite...of the Kao Kimberlite Pipe in the Butha-Buthe district of the landlocked African Kingdom of Lesotho....garnet cameo swan from the excavations at Taxila, Pakistan (Victoria and Albert Museum, London). During the...the modem village of Donduran in the Yenipazar district of the city of Aydin in the Turkish Province of | | | Catalog/List | Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...FLUORITE Dal’negorsk Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It...12:00 PM CT 9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It...visit HA.com/5168 52005 TALMESSITE Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ | | | Journal (issue) | Ne Asia Trip - Summer 2002 Burma - Sri Lanka - Pakistan Dudley Blauwet Mountain Minerals International...marble with some slightly etched crystals of aquamarine-colored apatite. 1 also purchased more of these...bastniisite crystals from Mulagon-Zeega (Warsak, Pakistan), fig. 1. that Andreas Weert h had broug ht. Unfortunately...and after a four- hour layover continued on to Pakistan. a rriving at 8:30 a .m . l slept about four hours...bastnacsitc loca le. The market cemed defic ient in good Pakistan materi:il. and the new tl1111g appearing wen: | | | Book | the most colorful and wonderful specimens of the district—at least, in my opinion. Slices were made of some...inches tall. Treasured Minerals 53 Aquamarine Aquamarine is always popular as a gemstone or as a...for some truly large crystals. The blue-green aquamarine on the opposite page is 5 inches long and weighs...Connecticut has produced small quantities of aquamarine from a number of quarries and prospects. It was...With the two schorl crystals flaring off the aquamarine and microcline crystals, it is the perfect association | | | Journal (issue) | were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...militant Taliban were forcing residents of the Swat Valley, which had been closed for nearly a decade, to...finance terrorist activities (“Emeralds from Swat Valley. . . ,” 2009). The decade also saw the rise in...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 | | | Journal (issue) | as a civil engineer for the Metropolitan Water District. While working in the desert on the electric transmission...collecting; they took field trips to the Mesa Grande district, the Crestmore quarry, and other localities, and...state is intersected by the Findlay Arch mineral district. The area is characterized by a continental temperate...Mississippi Valley–Type lead-zinc deposit similar to those at Elmwood, Tennessee, the Tri-State district of Missouri...typical of what might be expected of a Mississippi Valley–Type lead-zinc deposit. The following list summarizes | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Erongo Mountains are world famous for producing aquamarine, schorl, fluorite, and jeremejevite. Perhaps...(885 grams), from St. Anns mine, Mwami, Karoi district, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. This pegmatite has...w. FineMineral.com Aquamarine & Quartz | Nyet-Bruk, Skardu District, Pakistan | 15 cm | | | Journal (issue) | a strahler from Binntal. brought beryl var. aquamarine from a recent find at \\'annigrat (Binntal. Switzerland)...guarantees finding nothing. The flow of specimens from Pakistan and Afghanistan continues at a considerably slower...!.~-r.:~ brookite from Pashinc (Beluchistan. Pakistan), none of them as good as the five-digit specimens...a few years they will go the way of Pakistani aquamarine - they will be there, but you will not have the...was green fluorite from Riemwasmaak (Gordonia District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa) | | | Journal (issue) | illustrated article “Collecting the King of Kashmir Aquamarine” (pp 755-779) by Daniel Trinchillo of Fine Minerals...interests was aquamarines from the Shigir Valley in northern Pakistan. Collecting here is not for the faint-hearted...saw an absolutely amazing display of exquisite aquamarine and quartz crystals hanging from the ceiling...case saved the most incredible aquamarine specimen ever found in Pakistan from being hacked apart”. Negotiations...of Kasmir aquamarine with microcline and quartz 80cm. (200kg) Biangsapi Gon Mine near Nyet Bruk, Pakistan | | | 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...Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo Lower...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined individual...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur | | | Journal (issue) | jadeite, (3) 7.81 ct violet jadeite, (4) 27.23 ct aquamarine, (5) 1.28 ct blue spinel, (6) 1.17 ct benitoite...southern Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, and China), and Australia. The major...Nigeria and Namibia; exceptional peridot from Pakistan; and pink to red tourmalines from Nigeria and...typically report gem- Figure 3. Saturated-color aquamarine comes from relatively few deposits, and Africa...Deposits in Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley) and Pakistan (Swat Valley) produced fine-quality emeralds of | | | Journal (issue) | and citrine from Namibia • Aquamarine from Colorado • Saturated blue aquamarine from Nigeria • Chalcedony...Spiral in aquamarine • “Bamboo” moonstone • Pezzottaite in quartz • Treated-color topaz from Pakistan • Conference...peridot jewelry suite, from the rough mined in Pakistan to the design and manufacture of the ensemble...a 6.15 ct carved opal with zircon, demantoid, aquamarine, moonstone, and diamond; “Sky,” a gold and diamond...amethyst. BML Aquamarine from Mt. Antero, Colorado. A recent discovery of spectacular aquamarine crystals | | | Journal (issue) | Israel|Anatase from Pakistan|Cat’s-eye apatite from Madagascar|Aquamarine from Pakistan|Chrome chalcedony...th * * * * Gem Notes Faceted Anatase from Pakistan Anatase (TiO2) is polymorphous with rutile and...Baluchistan, Pakistan. He first encountered this anatase while on a buying trip to Peshawar, Pakistan, in approximately...gemstones (0.10–0.17 ct) are from Baluchistan, Pakistan. Photo by Bilal Mahmood and Kelly Kramer. duction...Darren mine located near Ambilobé in the Vohemar District of northern Madagascar. This supplier stated that | | | Catalog/List | Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...enthusiastic.” other areas of India. He Gilgit Highway, Pakistan, 1986. imported such large volumes of.............................................102 Pakistan ................................................248 72001 Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA “A cluster...$1,000 72002 Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA “A good bright |
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