Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan
Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan
Gem locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: aquamarine, muscovite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: high-altitude aquamarine pegmatite
Chumar Bakhoor is a documented high-elevation locality for aquamarine on smoky quartz.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Extreme altitude (~4000 m+), snow, rockfall
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