Minerals, Mountains & Majesty
For millennia, minerals and gemstones have been gathered and traded from the countries surrounding present Pakistan. While the Krarakorum Mountains hosted portions of the Silk Road and other ancient routes over which stones were traded, Pakistan´s magnificent gem deposits were for the most part left undiscovered until the 20th century. Since then, a few daring miners, collectors and dealers have challenged the extreme climate, daunting terrain and rocky political landscape to introduce the world to some of its finest mineral treasures.
Pakistan - Minerals, Mountains & Majesty is packed with unmatched information, detailed maps, stories behind the finds, and of course unforgettable photographs.
Opening Pakistan´s Mineral Market:
Herb Obodda Reminisces
Herb Obodda
Laying the Groundwork for pakistan´s Modern Mineral Boom
Tyler Funk
Moving Mountains
An Insider´s View of Pakistan´s Evolving Mineral Market
Gloria Staebler & Günther Neumeier
Origins of the Himalayan Treasure Chest
Bernhard Grasemann & Erich Draganits
Picking Pegmatite Pockets: The Road from Gilgit to Skardu
Vera Hammer & Shafiee Muhammad
In Search of Yellow-Zoned Tourmaline
Syed Mustafain Kazmi
Map: Central Northern Areas
Günther Neumeier
World-Class Localities: The Shigar, Basha and Braldu Valleys
Dudley Blauwet
The Pegmatites at Chumar Bakhoor: Nagar´s Treasure Trove
Dudley Blauwet & Shafiee Muhammad
Red, Green & Blue Gemstones from Hunza
Vera M.F. Hammer
The Deposits at Nangimali: Gemstones from Azad Kashmir
C.R. "Cap" Beesley
Pink Topaz from the Katlang Valley
Vera M.F. Hammer
The Many Shades of Pakistan´s Green Gemstones
Vera M.F. Hammer
Pakistan´s Alpine-Type Clefts: Rivaling the Classic Alps
Vera M.F. Hammer & Andreas Weerth
Faden Quartz - Strechted to the Limit
Si & Ann Frazier
The PGMS: An Exotic Fall Show
Shafiee Muhammad
Zagi Mountain: A Paradies for Rare-Earth Element Mineral Collectors
Andreas Weerth & Herb Obodda
Table of Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas of Pakistan
and Other Selected Sites
Dudley Blauwet, Bill & Carol Smith
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