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Various types of topaz found in Pakistan.
1st row: pink topaz, cognac coloured topaz, light pink topaz crystal with black tourmaline on matrix.
2nd row: rare purple topaz, champagne coloured topaz on albite, rare topaz and green hydroxylherderite matrix.
3rd row: naturally cut topaz, irradiated blue topaz, white topaz on matrix
Rare purple-lavender hued topaz on a matrix from Katlang in Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[1][2]

There are many types of gemstones of Pakistan. They can be found among the nation's three mountain ranges - the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Karakoram - in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The gemstone industry in Pakistan has the city of Peshawar as its hub, and there are many companies working in it.

  1. ^ "Katlang, Mardan District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan". Arkenstone. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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