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Epidot
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Epidot
Größe: 3,4 x 1,6 x 0,5 cm, Fundort: Tormiq-Tal, Haramosh-Gebirge, Gilgit District, Nordgebiete, Pakistan.
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Pakistan/Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Berge/Tormiq (Turmiq)
Mineral: Epidote
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Rating: 8 (votes: 1)
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Epidot

Größe: 3,4 x 1,6 x 0,5 cm, Fundort: Tormiq-Tal, Haramosh-Gebirge, Gilgit District, Nordgebiete, Pakistan.
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: thdun5 2010-03-29
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Klinozoisit
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Klinozoisit
Größe: 91x42x14 mm; Fundort: Tormiq-Tal, Haramosh-Gebirge, Gilgit District, Nordgebiete, Pakistan
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Pakistan/Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Berge/Tormiq (Turmiq)
Mineral: Clinozoisite
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Klinozoisit

Größe: 91x42x14 mm; Fundort: Tormiq-Tal, Haramosh-Gebirge, Gilgit District, Nordgebiete, Pakistan
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2010-02-16
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Aquamarin
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Aquamarin
Größe: 36 mm; Fundort: Shigartal, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Hg
Location: Pakistan/Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal
Mineral: Aquamarine
Image: 1230538859
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Aquamarin

Größe: 36 mm; Fundort: Shigartal, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Hg 2008-12-29
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spessartine
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spessartine
Sceletal spessartine garnet crystals from Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan; Size 29 x 23 x 25 mm
Copyright: pegmatite; Contribution: pegmatite
Collection: pegmatite
Location: Pakistan/Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal
Mineral: Spessartine
Image: 1257613103
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spessartine

Sceletal spessartine garnet crystals from Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan; Size 29 x 23 x 25 mm
Collection: pegmatite
Copyright: pegmatite
Contribution: pegmatite 2009-11-07
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Titanit
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Titanit
Größe: 5,2 x 1,7 x 0,9 cm, Fundort: Hachupa, Shigar-Tal, Distrikt Skardu, Baltistan, Nordgebiete, Pakistan
Copyright: Dan Weinrich; Contribution: thdun5
Location: Pakistan/Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Hashupi (Hachupa)
Mineral: Titanite
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Titanit

Größe: 5,2 x 1,7 x 0,9 cm, Fundort: Hachupa, Shigar-Tal, Distrikt Skardu, Baltistan, Nordgebiete, Pakistan
Copyright: Dan Weinrich
Contribution: thdun5 2010-05-20
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Minerals (Count: 158)

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Actinolite3 PM
'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'1M
Adularia (Var.: Orthoclase)5 PM
Albiter
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
14 PM
'Alkali feldspar'1M
'Allanite group'1M
Almandiner
MARWAT, S. K., & ALI, A. TECHNICAL/SUB û SECTOR STUDY ON GEMSTONES IN BALTISTAN, NORTHERN AREAS GEM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BALTISTAN CULTURE & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (BCDF).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
3 PM
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'2M
Aluminite1M
Amethyst (Var.: Quartz)2M
'Amphibole supergroup'2M
Anatase1M
Andradite2 PM
Antigorite1M
'Apatite group'6 PM
Aquamarine (Var.: Beryl)r
Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))

https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v6i10/ART20177750.pdf
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt)
16 PM
Aragonite5M
Augiter
Hochleitner, R. & Weiß, S. (2012).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt)
 PM
Autunite2M
'Axinite group'1 PM
Axinite-(Fe)2 PM
Azurite1M
Baryte2M
Bavenite1 PM
Bertrandite1M
Berylr
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
10 PM
Beryllonite2 PM
Billwiseite (TL)r
Hawthorne, F.C., Câmara, F., Cooper, M.A., Ball, N.A., Černý , P. and Laurs, B.M. (2011) Billwiseite, IMA 2010-053. CNMNC Newsletter No. 9, August 2011, page 2535; Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 2535-2540.

Frank C. Hawthorne, Mark A. Cooper, Neil A. Ball, Yassir A. Abdu, Petr Cerny, Fernando Cámara, and Brendan M. Laurs: Billwiseite, Ideally Sb3+5(Nb,Ta)3WO18, A New Oxide Mineral Species from the Stak Nala Pegmatite, Nanga Parbat – Haramosh Massif, Pakistan: Description and Crystal Structure. Can Mineral Vol. 50, Nr. 4 (2012) S. 805-814.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Berge/Stak Nala)
1M
'Biotite'r
Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
5M
Brucite2M
Byssolite (Var.: Actinolite)2 PM
Calcite6 PM
Cassiterite3 PM
Chalcopyrite1M
Chamosite1M
Chevkinite-(Ce)1M
Childrenite1 PM
'Chlorite group'3M
Chloritoid1M
Chromian Diopside (Var.: Diopside)6 PM
Chromite1M
Chrysotile1M
Cleavelandite (Var.: Albite)3 PM
Clinochlore2M
Clinozoisite6 PM
'Columbite'2M
'Columbite group'r
Dudley Blauwet; Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty, pag. 44; Lapis International, 2004.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
1M
Columbite-(Fe)1M
Columbite-(Mn)2 PM
Diopside9 PM
Dolomite6M
Elbaite5 PM
Emerald (Var.: Beryl)1M
Eosphorite3 PM
Epidote8 PM
'Epidote group'1 PM
Euclase1M
Fassaite (Var.: Diopside, Augite)1 PM
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'1M
'Feldspar group'6M
Ferberite1M
Ferro-actinoliter
Scovil, J. (1999).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt)
 PM
Fluorapatite11 PM
Fluorite8 PM
Fluornatromicroliter
Pavel M. Kartashov
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal)
2 PM
Fluorophlogopite1M
Foititer
Agheem, M.H., M.T. Shah, T. Khan, M. Arif, A. Laghari (2010).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal)
1M
'Garnet supergroup'r
Bayle, L.-D., Goujou, J.-C. & De Ascencao Guedes, R. (2003).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt)
7 PM
Geikielite2M
Gold1M
Goshenite (Var.: Beryl)4 PM
Graphite1M
Hambergite3 PM
Hedenbergite1 PM
Hematite3M
Herderite ?1 PM
'Hornblende'2M
Hübnerite1M
Hurlbutiter
Werth, A. (2012).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt)
M
Hydroxylherderite6 PM
Ilmenite2 PM
Indicolite (Var.: Elbaite)3 PM
'Ixiolite group ?'1M
K Feldspar (Var.: Feldspar group)1M
Kaolinite1M
Kyanite1M
'Lepidolite'r
Malkani, M.S. et al. (2016). Mineral Resources of Pakistan-an update. Lasbela, U. J.Sci. Techl., vol.V, S.90-114, 2016 ISSN 2306-8256. S.97.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Berge/Shengus)
5 PM
'Limonite'1 PM
Lizardite1M
Löllingite1M
Ludwigite1M
Magnesite1M
Magnetite2M
Malachite1M
Microcliner
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
14 PM
'Microlite group'4 PM
'Monazite'1M
Montebrasite1M
Montmorillonite1M
Moonstone (Var.: Orthoclase, Albite-Anorthite Series, Gypsum)r
Malkani, M.S. et al. (2016). Mineral Resources of Pakistan-an update. Lasbela, U. J.Sci. Techl., vol.V, S.90-114, 2016 ISSN 2306-8256.S.103.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Berge/Shengus)
1M
Morganite (Var.: Beryl)6 PM
Muscoviter
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
13 PM
Natrolite1M
Needle quartz (Var.: Quartz)1M
Oligoclase (Var.: Albite)2M
'Olivine group'3 PM
Opal2M
Opal-AN (Var.: Opal)2M
Orthoclase6 PM
Pericline (Var.: Albite)1M
Perovskite2M
Petalite1 PM
Phenakiter
Can. Min., Vol.36, Part 1, 1998, S.1-47.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
3M
Pink fluorite (Var.: Fluorite)1M
'Plagioclase'2M
Platinum1M
Polluciter
Technical/ Sub – Sector Study On Gemstones In Baltistan, Northern Areas Gem Sector Development Project. Baltistan Culture & Development Foundation.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
7 PM
Polylithionite1M
Prehnite1M
Pyrite2M
'Pyrochlore'1M
Quartzr
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
22 PM
Rhodochrosite1M
Rock Crystal (Var.: Quartz)2 PM
Rose Quartz (Var.: Quartz)r
Technical/ Sub – Sector Study On Gemstones In Baltistan, Northern Areas Gem Sector Development Project. Baltistan Culture & Development Foundation.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
1M
Rutile9 PM
Sagenite (Var.: Rutile)1 PM
'Saussirite'1M
'Scapolite'4 PM
Scheelite3 PM
Schorlr
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Braldu-Tal/Teston (Tekston; Tigston; Tisgtung))
14 PM
Sericite (Var.: Muscovite)1M
'Serpentine subgroup'1M
Siderite4 PM
Silver1M
Smoky Quartz (Var.: Quartz)1 PM
Spessartine6 PM
Spinel1M
Stellerite1M
Stibiocolumbite1M
Stibiotantalite2M
Stibnite ?i
Eventuell sind sie auch aus der Gegend von Wana in Süd-Waziristan
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Basha-Tal/Doko)
1M
Talc1M
Tantalite-(Mn)r
Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004).
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
4 PM
'Tapiolite'r
Dudley Blauwet; Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty, S.44; Lapis Intern., 2004.
(Gilgit-Baltistan (Nordgebiete; Northern Areas)/Skardu, Distrikt/Shigar-Tal/Dassu (Dasso; Dusso))
1M
Titanite11 PM
Topaz14 PM
'Tourmaline supergroup'6 PM
Tremolite2M
Triplite6 PM
Tschermakite1M
Väyrynenite7M
Verdelite (Var.: Elbaite)1 PM
Vesuvianite5 PM
Viitaniemiite1M
Wodginite ?1M
Zircon3 PM
Zoisite6 PM
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Rocks (Count: 40)

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Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur

  • Weerth, A. (1988). Edelsteinvorkommen im Schatten der Achttausender. Lapis, Jg.13, Nr.10, S.11-28.
  • Lietard, F. & Weiß, S. (1998). Interessante Mineralfunde aus Pakistan und Afghanistan. Lapis, Jg.23, Nr.6, S.24-25.
  • Werth, A. (2012). Die Suche nach dem Stein der Weisen Mineralienhandel im Geflecht der Machtpolitik in Pakistan und Afghanistan. Lapis, Jg.37, Nr.11, S.27-32.

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) cgH8cHW5VUCVSFBeCBoq6w
GUID (Global unique identifier) 70FC0172-B975-4055-9548-505E081A2AEB
Database ID 7595