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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 mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also 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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