Malik Saleem said that Pakistan has enormous wealth of expensive gems such as ruby, emerald, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, peridot, aquamarine, spinel, pargasite, diopside, moonstone, pink topaz, sapphire, zircon, feldspar, agate, serpentine jade, epidote, pink beryl (morganite), purple beryl,
sphene, zoisite, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and kunzite etc.
Malik Shahid informed that Pakistan has enormous wealth of expensive gems such as ruby, emerald, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, peridot, aquamarine, spinel, pargasite, diopside, moonstone, pink topaz, sapphire, zircon, feldspar, agate, serpentine jade, epidote, pink beryl (morganite), purple beryl,
sphene, zoisite, lapis lazuli, turquoise and kunzite etc and Pakistan could earn huge foreign exchange from exports of gems and jewelry.
Magnetite and
sphene occurs are also associated in minor quantities.
These include salt, coal, copper, gold, iron, chromite, bauxite and various gemstones like peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite, xenotime,
sphene, tourmaline, jade, onyx, marble, granite nephrite and many types of quartz.
Speakers from Ministry of Commerce and TDAP informed the audience that Pakistan has enormous wealth of expensive gems such as ruby, emerald, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, peridot, aquamarine, spinel, pargasite, diopside, moonstone, pink topaz, sapphire, zircon, feldspar, agate, serpentine jade, epidote, pink beryl (morganite), purple beryl,
sphene, zoisite, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and kunzite etc.
The source informed that different varieties of minerals like Peridot, Aquamarine, Topaz in different colours of violet, pink, golden and champagne, Ruby, Emerald, rare-earth minerals Bastnaesite and Xenotime,
Sphene, Tourmaline, besides many types of Quartz make the country prominent in the mineral world.
Prismatic lensoid hornblende and subordinate short, pyroxenes are also a major part of the essential mineral constituents, whereas biotite, apatite,
sphene and opaques occur as accessories.
The wide-range of gemstones including sapphires from Kashmir, emeralds from Swat, rubies from the northern areas and pink topazes from Katlang, Mardan, and good quality zircon, different varieties of quartz, aquamarine, tourmaline,
sphene, spinel, zoisite apatite, epidote, morganite, garnet, scapolite, clino zoisite, xenotime, bastnaesite, peridot, nephrite, serpentine, red agate, diopside, pargasite, amethyst, scheelite, pollucite, chrome diopside and kunzite are found in mountainous belt from South Waziristan to Chitral, makes the country significant in the mineral world.
Following the OEM-strategy to close the gap,' this cooperation also resulted in the
Sphene, an MS JPK-based printer with a Stork dryer, software and inks.
In this paper, accessory minerals such as zircon,
sphene and apatite are studied in Ghareh Gheshlagh area.