Swat Emerald in Matrix Specimen – 160g | Mingora Mine, Pakistan
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description: This is a natural emerald-in-matrix specimen mined at the Mingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The emerald occurs as a bright, saturated green to slightly bluish-green mass concentrated along a pale vein–host-rock contact. The host is a porous, grey-white, fine-grained talc–carbonate-altered ultramafic rock characteristic of the Mingora district. Dark inclusions visible in the matrix are consistent with graphite, chromite/spinel, or altered ultramafic material typical of this locality. Mineralogy & Geology Primary mineral: Emerald — chromium-bearing green variety of beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) Color: Bright saturated green to deeper bluish-green Transparency: Translucent in places; otherwise included to opaque Luster: Vitreous on fresh emerald surfaces; dull to sugary where fractured or microcrystalline Crystal habit: Massive to granular; locally showing short prismatic or fragmented crystal forms — no complete freestanding terminations Host rock: Talc–carbonate-altered ultramafic rock (probable magnesite ± talc ± quartz ± dolomite assemblage) Associated minerals: Quartz, carbonate minerals; dark phases consistent with graphite, chromite/spinel or Cr-bearing mica Locality & Provenance The Mingora emerald deposits lie within the Mingora ophiolitic mélange of the Indus Suture Zone, close to the Main Mantle Thrust — a tectonic belt containing fragments of ancient Neo-Tethyan oceanic crust caught in the collision zone between the Indian Plate and the Kohistan–Eurasian terranes. Swat emerald mineralization is hydrothermal/metasomatic in origin, hosted in serpentinized and carbonate-altered ultramafic bodies along quartz and carbonate-bearing veins. Mine: Mingora emerald mining area District: Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Geological province: Indus Suture Zone; Mingora ophiolitic mélange Deposit style: Hydrothermal/metasomatic emerald in carbonate-altered ultramafic rocks Collector Notes The primary collector value of this specimen …
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