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Nagar / Hunza (spessartine, aquamarine)

Gem locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: aquamarine, muscovite from the Hunza-Nagar pegmatites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Miocene pegmatite

Hunza pegmatites near the Karakoram Highway

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