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Gilgit-Baltistan

Skardu (Shengus / Baha) fluorite-quartz

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: on feldspar matrix.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Miocene granite / alpine cleft

Pink fluorite-on-quartz combinations are a Baltistan hallmark

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