Aigue-marine from Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Nagar District, Chumar Bakhoor

Groupe de cristaux centimétriques à pluri centimétriques avec belle apatite rose foncé sur gangue de muscovite

Chumar Bakhoor

District de Nagar

Gilgit

BALTISTAN / PAKISTAN

Product details

SpeciesAquamarine, Apatite

SizeCabinet

Dimensions11.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm

Added on06/02/2026

LocalityPakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chumar Bakhoor

Current owner

MARTY Freddy

Aude, Occitanie, France

Member since 2026

Comments

Learn more

Mineral guide

Learn about Aquamarine

sea-blue to blue-green beryl; forms in pegmatites and alpine veins; prized for color, clarity, and dramatic matrix specimens.

Regional guide

Aquamarine from Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Pakistan

Chumar Bakhoor aquamarine is one of the defining specimen styles of the Pakistani Himalaya: pale to medium ice-blue beryl standing upright from glittering beds of bladed muscovite, sometimes accompanied by pink fluorapatite, pink to green fluorite, albite, microcline, quartz, topaz, schorl, and adularia. The locality is not famous simply because it produces aquamarine; it is famous because so much of its best aquamarine occurs as complete, displayable matrix specimens rather than as isolated gem rough. The classic Chumar Bakhoor “look” is a sharp hexagonal prism, glassy and transparent to translucent, set against a mica-rich pegmatite matrix that gives the blue color a cool metallic contrast.

Locality guide

Chumar Bakhoor

A collector's guide to Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 297 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.

Aquamarine market analytics

MedianMiddle 50% rangeVolume

Open detailed analyticsPrice ranges · Top localities · Sold items