Geological Museum to open the doors to Karachiites on May 18
The minerals and rocks are all from Hussain’s personal collection. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
KARACHI: With a passion to try a healthy resources of Pakistan, S Anwar Hussain spent 32 years of his life collecting some-more than 1,000 changed stones and minerals from all over a country.
It was afterwards that he realised that a nation has immeasurable pot of many changed minerals due to a geological plcae that can also turn a vital source of a trade revenue.
Around 120 such equipment were on arrangement on Monday during a coronation rite of a Geological Museum during a Geological Survey of Pakistan’s building in Karachi.
Speaking during a coronation ceremony, Hussain pronounced that this is not only a museum though a value trove of knowledge. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
Speaking during a coronation ceremony, Hussain pronounced that this is not only a museum though a value trove of knowledge. According to Director-General of a Geological Survey of Pakistan Dr Nazarul Islam, these minerals paint Pakistan and have educational stress for both students and researchers. “They can be used for a reconstruction of Pakistan’s economy,” he said.
According to Hussain, Pakistan has really dear metals and if it starts exporting them, it can acquire Rs17 billion yearly and transparent a debts. “The vegetable zone can coax a series in 4 to 5 years,” he said.
Significant minerals
One of a many poignant metals on arrangement was molybdenum, that Hussain found in Chitral and, according to him, is a really dear steel used in aerospace engineering. “This costs Rs4 million per ton,” he said, adding that millions of tons of this component are accessible in Pakistan that can be exported.
According to Hussain, Pakistan has really dear metals and if it starts exporting them, it can acquire Rs17 billion yearly and transparent a debts. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
Apart from molybdenum, he pronounced that Balochistan’s Bella city has 6 to 7 million tons of chromites. For soap stone, that is in contentment in Pakistan, he pronounced that a supervision has not paid any mind towards it. “There is a 40% demand-supply opening for soap mill in Europe,” he said, adding that if Pakistan improves a peculiarity of exploitation of this mill it can acquire billions of revenue.
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This mill is in contentment in Bella, Abbottabad, Swat and Gilgit and cost is Rs17,000 per ton. Currently, he pronounced that Pakistan earns Rs1.6 billion by a trade though unfortunately this is never mentioned in a Pakistan Statistical Yearbook.
The dark room
Some changed stones and minerals that could not be labelled were not displayed during a museum though had been place in Hussain’s room in opposite wooden boxes. The potion list in his room was dirty with stones of unusual colours and a magnifying glass.
There is a 40% demand-supply opening for soap mill in Europe, according to Hussain. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
He non-stop a tiny square of cloth and fished out a glossy white quartz crystal, that he brought from Baluchistan’s Uthal city in Lasbela district. “This is a semi-precious mill and is accessible in contentment in Pakistan,” he said.
The second glossy black phony mill that he fished out of a box was unnamed. The mill had a splendid golden and yellow colour and had tiny dots on it. “It has 3 opposite minerals on it – copper, iron and iron sulphide,” explained Hussain, adding that he found a mill in a Salt Range in Chakwal district in Punjab.
The museum will be open for a open on May 18, that coincidentally is also National Museum Day.
PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS
“It has no name though we will name it soon,” he pronounced with a smile, adding that it can be called a ‘brocade mineral’ and is used in ornaments.
Another black phony mill in a room was a tantalum stone, that Hussain did not concede anyone to hold as it emits hot rays. The museum will be open for a open on May 18, that coincidentally is also National Museum Day.
Article source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1392493/geological-museum-open-doors-karachiites-may-18/