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ikram
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 Posted: Feb 20, 2010 09:18 Post subject: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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Hi,
I would like to share with my friends some photos of Katlang pegmatite.
Cheers.
Ikram
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John S. White
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2010 10:17 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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Thanks for the great photos, but I always thought the pink topaz occurs in a marble, not a pegmatite.
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keldjarn
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2010 11:43 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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| The photos look like liight coloured veins in a hornfels and could indicate a contact-metasomatic origin of the Topaz.
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alfredo
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2010 15:41 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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| Thank you, Ikram. Beautiful pictures!
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John S. White
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2010 06:17 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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All of the matrix specimens from here that I have seen appear to be associated with a carbonate, presumably calcite.
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Peter
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2010 07:16 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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John, correct! and also some quartz crystals.
Ikram is perhaps using the word pegmatite as describing "large grain size" and of course this deposit is not a granitic pegmatite as we often shorten to pegmatite.
Ikram, you can call these topaz bearing calcite veins.
Thank you so much Ikram for the images and for posting them here too!
Peter
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ikram
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2010 08:37 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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Hi.
Thank you so much for appreciating my photos & your great comments.
Am really sorry all of my wrong.These are topaz bearing calcite veins not granitic pegmatite.
Cheers.
Ikram
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keldjarn
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2010 10:52 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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Thanks for the clarification. The matrix of the specimens I have seen fit with calcite veins in a hornfels rock. Are the topaz crystals only found in the pictured mine or are there scattered localities in the area ?
Thanks again for sharing the pictures !
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ikram
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2010 13:57 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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There are two main topaz produce localities in Katlang.
One the Ghundao Hill (Ghundo mean small single mountain in local language) this locality which is famous high class pink topaz .The Ghundao hill can be seen in my photos , second Shamozai localities in katlang which produce golden , pink-golden topaz ,the veins are spread over though long area in Shamozai.
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Jason
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2010 22:58 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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| nothing I like better than pics of mining locations..so good to see what they look like..truly are my favs..thanks!!!
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jamesb
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2010 23:16 Post subject: Re: Pegmatite in Katlang, District Mardan, Pakistan (a famed pink topaz locality) |
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| Hi Ikram, thank you for the photos. I have admired the beautiful pink Topaz from Pakistan for many years. It is nice to see where they come from.
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