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⇱ Chalcedony from Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


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Chalcedony from
Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

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Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599600
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599600:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Chalcedony in this Region
Tor Kade Khel, Saidgi Mt area, Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Barzai, Shuidar Mt area, Waziristan ophiolite, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
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2,* 1 2 Geological Survey of Pakistan, Sariab Road, Quetta, Pakistan; E-Mail: intizark@hotmail.com Department...of India-Arabian transpression with associated ophiolite obduction or, more likely, to represent the local... Geosciences 2013, 3 467 Keywords: India; Asia; Pakistan; tectonics; stratigraphy; Paleogene; India-Asia...1. Introduction The collision between the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent and the Asian continent has generated...and paleobiogeography of the region between Indo-Pakistan and southern Asia before complete tectonic closure
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of Mn-deposits in the Waziristan ophiolite complex, north Waziristan, Pakistan Received: 9 January 1998.../ Accepted: 10 March 1999 Abstract The Waziristan ophiolite complex is located along the western margin...northwestern Pakistan. The Mn-deposits in the Saidgi and Shuidar areas are part of this ophiolite complex...microcrystalline aggregates of microcrystalline quartz, chalcedony, and lesser hematite. Chemically, the studied...Ocean and were later obducted as part of the Waziristan ophiolite complex. Introduction The study area is
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Department of Geology,Universityof Peshawar,Peshawar,Pakistan BRIAN F. WINDLEY, Departmentof Geology,Universityof...KHAN GeologicalSurveyof Pakistan,Peshawar,Pakistan Abstract The Waziristan complex, coveringover500...ferrit-chromitand chlorite. Introduction The entire Waziristan ophiolite belt displaysa complexstructure (Fig. 2)...rocks are generally OF the six major ophiolitesof Pakistan,the Wazir- intensely thrusted, folded, faulted...maps of Bakr and Jackson, has dismemberedthe ophiolite which now consists 1964; Kazmi and Rana, 1982)
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Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within
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belongs to the southwest Sabzevar basin to the north of the Central Iranian microcontinent. This basin...belongs to the southwest Sabzevar basin to the north of the Central Iranian microcontinent. ► The Cheshmeh-Frezi...belongs to the southwest Sabzevar basin to the north of the Central Iranian microcontinent. This basin...south and the Kopeh Dagh sedimentary basin to the north (Fig. 2). The southwest Sabzevar Basin is characterized...m, and is exposed mainly in the Cheshmeh-Frezi district (Fig. 4B). The stratigraphic succession is composed
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manganese mineralization from Abadeh-Tashk area, Fars Province, southwestern Iran by using petrographic and geochemical...Manganese Microorganism Petrography Geochemistry Ophiolite Iran a b s t r a c t Hydrothermal manganese and...ferromanganese deposits associated with Neyriz ophiolite colored mélange occurred as small ore deposits...deposits in the Abadeh-Tashk area, SE of Fars Province, SW Iran. The deposits are found in three types: a) banded...Oksuz, 2011; Polgári et al., 2012a). The Neyriz ophiolite in the Abadeh-Tashk area is comprised mainly of
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Chatterjee Fareeduddin A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite An example from the eastern India–Asia collision...collision zone A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite Naresh Chandra Ghose Nilanjan Chatterjee • Fareeduddin...Fareeduddin A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite An Example from the Eastern India–Asia Collision Zone 123 Naresh...section of the oceanic crust/mantle, known as an ophiolite. And many detailed studies now reveal that there...from detailed field work that will tell us if the ophiolite was rooted, for example in a ridge or an oceanic
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Tamra Fe-Mn deposit (Nappes zone, polymetallic district and volcanosedimentary 36 context), the Mn ores...typical of supergene deposits commonly found in North Africa. 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Keywords:...biological events 83 (Kuleshov and Maynard, 2017). In North Africa, with poor exposure or even absence of 84...Africa (after Beukes et al., 2016). The Imini district 94 (Morocco) is considered as the economically...Tectonic faulting and folding were more intense to the north and 158 Triassic salt outcrops only as diapirs
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Brahmins of Maharajapuram in the T hanjavur (Tanjore) district of Tamil Nadu,Dr. Krishnan was born more than...being the investigations of bauxite in Kalahandi district and iron ore in the erstwhile Gangpur State. His...the North Bengal earthquake (1930), apart from geological investigations in the Singhbhum district. Between...investigations of almost every mineral deposit in the province. Largely through Dr. Krishnan)s efforts, an office...Department. The discovery of a new coalfield in Bankura district, proving of lignite in Kutch by drilling, discovery
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Deposits, Siri Canyon Palaeocene Sandstones, Danish North Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada T. BEZECZKY Institute for...Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada A.C. MORTON HM Research...Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada L. PAGANELLI Dipartimento...progressive unroofing of a supra-subduction-zone ophiolite/ juvenile arc and the sudden appearance of amphibolite-grade
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Deposits, Siri Canyon Palaeocene Sandstones, Danish North Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada T. BEZECZKY Institute for...Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada A.C. MORTON HM Research...Mineral Services Canada, 205-930 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada L. PAGANELLI Dipartimento...progressive unroofing of a supra-subduction-zone ophiolite/ juvenile arc and the sudden appearance of amphibolite-grade
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