Gemstones of Pakistan
They can be found among the nation's three mountain ranges - the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Karakoram - in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
The Pakistan Gems and Mineral Show is held annually in Peshawar since 1994; however, it has not attracted much attention from potential international buyers.
For this purpose, Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company is working in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad and Sargodha cities where the major share of gemstone trade exists.
[10] The three mountain ranges of Gilgit-Baltistan; Himalayas, Hindukush, and Karakoram contain many minerals and gems including emerald, ruby, sapphire, aquamarine, moonstone, and amethyst.
A number of other minerals are also found in the region such as peridot, tourmaline, topaz, garnet, red spinal, pargasite, diopside, sphene, apatite, azurite, rose quartz, and agate.
[2] District Nagar Aquamarine Quartz, Topaz, Garnet and many more Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by area and is covered by rough terrain and rugged mountain ranges.
[11] The main gemstones that are traded in the region include emerald, apatite, sapphire, agate, tourmaline, ruby, topaz, turquoise, lapis lazuli, quartz, garnet, and peridot.
1st row: pink topaz, cognac coloured topaz, light pink topaz crystal with black tourmaline on matrix.
2nd row: rare purple topaz, champagne coloured topaz on albite, rare topaz and green hydroxylherderite matrix.
3rd row: naturally cut topaz, irradiated blue topaz, white topaz on matrix
