Gemstone from Pakistan

Gemstones of Pakistan


God has given Pakistan enormous wealth in terms of Gemstone most of these gems are emeralds , rubies, pink topaz, beautiful tourmaline, garnet, pink topaz, spinel and different varieties of minerals such as Peridot, aquamarine, topaz of various colors including violet and pink, golden and champagne. Let’s explore the treasure of gems with EWM.(east world market)

In this early write up I had mentioned that Pakistan poses gemstones here is some details as some of friends wanted to know and had ask me :

If you study history you know that the relics of the Gandhara and Indus civilizations show the traces of gemstones used by the kings of those days.

As Pakistan and Afghanistan shares a long border and this result the influx of all types of minerals from Afghanistan. Then trade started and Peshawar becomes the biggest market of gemstones. A place called Namak Mandi is still the largest markets for gemstones. Anybody wish to see the gemstone trading can watch on YouTube.

The northern and northwestern parts of Pakistan there are three world-famous ranges called Hindukush, Himalaya, and Karakorum. In these mountains have been found nearly all the minerals Pakistan currently offers to the world market, including aquamarine, topaz, Peridot, ruby, emerald, amethyst, morganite,, spinel, sphene, tourmaline, Emerald (Swat, Frontier Province), ruby (Pakistan’s Kashmir), and topaz (Kat lung, Mardan District, Frontier Province)whole of the Northwest Frontier Province these gemstones are found. Here are the region wise and details of stones given to me by Pakistan Gemstones Corporation.

Swat i.e. Malakand division – Emerald, various types of quartz, and epidote

Dir (Malakand division) – Corundum and quartz

Mansehra (Hazara division) – Corundum and smoky quartz

Kohistan (Hazara division) – Peridot

Peshawar district (Frontier province) – Quartz with astrophyllite/reibeckite fiber inclusions, xenotime, and bastnaesite

Mohmand Agency – Emerald, clinozoisite, sphene, and epidote

Bajaur Agency – Emerald, garnet, and orange-colour scapolite

Khyber Agency – Quartz with astrophyllite/reibeckite fibers inclusions, xenotime, and bastnaesite

North and South Waziristan Agencies – Fade quartz, diamond quartz, phantom quartz, chlorite-included quartz, and window quartz

Northern Areas

Chilas (Diamer district) – Alluvial diopside, zircon, rutile quartz, aquamarine, and tourmaline

Gilgit , Hunza, and Shigar (Gilgit district) – Aquamarine, topaz (golden and white), emerald (new find), ruby, pollucite, rutile quartz, morganite, apatite, spinel, and pargasite

Shengus, Stak Nala, and Tormiq Nala (Baltistan Skardu Road, Baltistan district) – Aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, apatite, sphene, morganite, and quartz

Shigar Proper (near Skardu, Baltistan district) – Apatite, zoisite, rutile quartz, epidote, and morganite

Childee, Kashmal, and Yuno (Shigar area, near Skardu, Baltistan district) – Aquamarine, emerald-colour tourmaline, apatite, morganite, topaz, and quartz

Hyderabad, Testun, Dassu, Net Tahirabad, and Goyungo (Shigar area, Baltistan district) – Topaz (best golden colour here), aquamarine, tourmaline, morganite, rare earth minerals, apatite, quartz, and new find emerald

Appu Aligund, Fuljo, Braldu, Bashu, and Karma (Baltistan district) – Tourmaline, aquamarine, garnets, diopside, ruby, pargasite, emerald, topaz, amethyst, scheelite, and quartz

Khappalu and near Siachin area (Gaanshai area, Baltistan district) – Aquamarine, amethyst, and fine golden rutile quartz

Baluchistan Province

Kharan district – Brookite, anatase, and quartz

Chaman (near Quetta) – Diamond quartz, window quartz, quartz on prehnite-base, and faden quartz included by chlorite

East World Market make gemstone jewelry with these gems .the stringing and making the cord is all done by the artisans and they use the same old tradition way of jewelry making .