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Bangus valley kashmir
Shot on Nikon Coolpix B600
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Glacier from a drone Snapped by an expedition near K2, these photos were taken using the reconnaissance drone that they brought along to plan their routes. The photo was snapped near the head of one of the world's largest glaciers outside the Polar Regions, Baltoro. Some 63 km in length, it slides down the gradient of the Karakorum mountains in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Four 8000 metre peaks culminate within a 20km radius, making this area one of the rooves of the world. Loz Image credit: David Kaszlikowski http://bit.ly/1OSjM8T
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Aquamarine with Pink Apatite
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Visiting one of the dealers at the 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show - this one who brings samples From Central Asia.
Minerals included:" Topaz on matrix from Katlang, Pakistan Pink Topaz on matrix from Katlang, Pakistan A 147c cut Bastnasite stone from Zagi Mountains, Pakistan Tourmaline from Paprok, Afghanistan Pink Tourmaline on Quartz from Afghanistan Tourmaline with Microlite from Paprok, Afghanistan Tourmaline from Paprok, Afghanistan Tourmaline cluster on Smoky Quartz from Paprok, Afghanistan Tourmaline from Paprok, Afghanistan Tourmaline with Pollucite from Paprok, Afghanistan “The Heart” Tourmaline from Paprok, Afghanistan Faden Apatite from the Cyber District, Pakistan Emerald cluster from Garam Chashma, Pakistan Rutile and Aegirine from Tormiq Valley, Pakistan Water-clear Aquamarine from Shengus, Pakistan “
What's your favorite?
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Hey all! Leanna and I are back from vacation and tying up lose ends in the shop! I just got a fresh lot of these in! This is called Riebeckite in quartz from Zagi Mountain, Pakistan! This is the best one in the bunch and it’s for sure a collector piece for a mineral lover! These inclusions have a blue hue and are so dreamy 😍 DM me if you’re interested in this one and later this week I’ll be showing some other smaller ones! .
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Check out this Faden (Thread) quartz
bahlachan_minerals
Faden Quartz ~Dist. Zhob, Prov. Baluchistan, Pakistan.
8.9×3×1.2cm
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This aesthetic piece of nature's art is available for 75$ shipped.
Please pm if interested to purchase or have more questions.
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spirifer_minerals
Beryl var. aquamarine and muscovite from Nagar (Pakistan), big crystal with great luster, size: 12.5 cm (crystal 8.6 cm), price: $7800 (+shipping fee). We ship worldwide. Please PM for more details - we can provide high quality video. To see more of our minerals visit www.SpiriferMinerals.com
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Camp 2 on the route up to K2- check out that valley glacier below.
mikehornexplorer And @fredroux72
and I finally arrived at camp 2 (6700m) after a 12 hour climb!
.It feels great to make this high, the highest we’ve been on this expedition so far. We’re both feeling in good shape and also feeling lucky to have the weather in our favor.
.Now we’re gonna set up camp and sleep here tonight as part of our acclimatization process. Tomorrow we will head back down to basecamp, rest a little and plan our next ascent to camp 3.
.We are very happy with our progress so far, we hope the conditions remain in our favor in order to slowly but surely make our way higher and higher until we reach the summit! Stay tuned to find out how our first night at 6700m goes
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The “Blade”! Some beautiful quartz specimens at the St Marie show but this “faden” was amazing! Faden is a German word for “thread” alluding to the white thread-like or string running through the interior of groups of quartz crystals. It can be clearly seen here in the centre and is a feature of growth. In areas of low grade metamorphism in which cavities are growing (Alpine-fissures), as the cavities grow and quartz forms within, the quartz is continually broken or pulled apart and healing and regrowth process results in fluids and gas inclusions forming a white thread. As they are continually pulled apart and growing, crystal grows faster on fractured edges, assuming a platy shape. Depending on position, growth rate and pocket rate opening, you can see some amazing shapes and its hard to imagine the complexity of how these intriguing crystals form. But no denying their amazing look. This one, unusual in being an almost closed form with not many crystal ‘terraces’ at the edges, but a long thing ‘blade’ - sharp, with super lustrous faces some striated, beautiful inclusions and mirror like brightness helped by the sunshine! This one from Zhob district, Baluchistan, Pakistan courtesy of @fineartminerals . Oh and the little water droplets from the cooling spray just adds to the ambience alongside the tune :)
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2014: Plunging anticlinal structures SW of Barkhan in Pakistan, shot from flight BA015. Go to Google Earth and look at Pakistan, the structural geology there will blow your mind.
- 4.2 kg Huge Size Double Terminated and Undamaged Aquamarine Crystals Specimen with Muscovite Mica from Nagar Mine Gilgit Pakistan MineralsParadise.Etsy.Com
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These mountain views are incredible. Original caption:
Short film on the trek to Concordia and K2 Base Camp, Pakistan, 2018.
Filming and editing: Gabriele Canu
Travel Agency: Viaggia con Carlo (viaggiaconcarlo.com)
Faulted layers This is a really cool picture taken from the air above Pakistan. When rocks are bent, it can be a rough process. Rocks don’t bend easily, but instead will often break into small pieces. This area has been broken by well over a dozen faults while the nearby layers were folded and tilted. This type of pervasive faulting occurs in a lot of places worldwide, but to show up like this takes special conditions. There can’t be too much vegetation, the rocks have to be tilted to show the correct faces, there’ can’t be too much rain to wash sediments away, and there can’t be too much soil developed on top. -JBB Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/banco_imagenes_geologicas/5024042772 Geologic map of this area: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1093/
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100 carat very rare and gemmy blueish Laila Mt lazulite from skardu pakistan all gemmy with fascinating color mix of blue green and yellow for perfect cut piece anyone interested DM me
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Peridot and ludwigite Not all the gem olivine out there has its origins in the mantle, some form in high temperature contact metamorphic deposits, when hot olivine rich magmas interact with the country rocks that they intrude. The deep green gemmy specimen in the photo bears a testimony to this origin, in the form of dark needles of the rare magnesium-iron borate mineral Ludwigite. The latter often forms when the magma meets carbonate rocks, producing a diverse metamorphic mineral assemblage known under the umbrella term skarn. Mined in the Maran-Kagan valley of Pakistan, the specimen in the photo measures 3.1 x 2 x .9 cm and has been exhibited in several places as part of the now dispersed Herb Obodda collection. Our past posts on peridot: http://tinyurl.com/pavuvbqand http://tinyurl.com/n9hpgqu. Loz Image credit: Rob Lavinsky/iRocks.com http://www.mindat.org/min-2454.html http://webmineral.com/data/Ludwigite.shtml
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