A nice, large (500g+) crystal of aquamarine from Pakistan's prolific Nagar district. The Nagar aquamarine locality lies in the Chumar Bakhoor area of Sumayar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, where miners first uncovered gem-quality aquamarine in the late 1950s from greisenized pegmatite dikes cutting the high-altitude slopes of Chumar Bakhoor. Over the following decades, artisanal miners and small crews tunneled into steep, granite-hosted veins to extract sky-blue aquamarine crystals often found with muscovite and occasionally fluorite. Though large pockets are rare, seasonal mining continues via local teams and joint ventures, and Nagar remains renowned among collectors.


