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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir
Sapat (Kaghan Valley) peridot, Pakistan
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Gem peridot (forsteritic olivine), and chromite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Serpentinized ultramafic
Source of large fine gem peridot
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