Our specialty is all the famous gems of this region—emerald, ruby, aquamarine, afghanite, morganite, pollucite, tourmaline, topaz (including the rare pink topaz), kunzite, apatite, fluorite, diopside, epidote, peridot, zircon, pargasite, sapphire, hackmanite, bastnasite, citrine, quartz etc. and of course beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli…plus many more! We are based in the old and rather mystical city
of Peshawar, which is a valley surrounded by hills. Peshawar is a historical city, sitting on the eastern end of the world famous Khyber Pass inside Pakistan, and has since time immemorial been a gateway to famous conquerors entering the Indian Subcontinent from Afghanistan. Through here, 5000 years ago, the Aryans moved in from Central Asia to conquer India. Other famous historical names seem to be like a who’s who of history: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Mahmud Ghaznavi, Tamarlane, Babur and many others. Thus Peshawar, which traces its history to at least 500 years BC, and is a mere 35 miles from the border with troubled Afghanistan has both imbibed and thrived from a constantly vibrant evolution. At one time it was the center of Buddhist culture, and spawned a magnificent Buddhist civilization, which now is famous in history as the Gandhara Civilization. For centuries has Peshawar remained as a trading post for sundry travelers coming from India to Central Asia and Russia and vice versa, to meet each other and trade their wares. There is in fact still a very old street in Peshawar, called the Street of The Storytellers, where in ancient times travelers would get together and tell each other stories of their travels. Although times have changed, the world has changed, and now the city is bursting at the seams with a horrendous population explosion, and has become so much dirtier, dustier and grimier, yet the uniqueness of Peshawar still as a magnificent trading post remains unchanged. Beautiful gems, rocks and minerals, from the nearby Karakurrum Mountains and from Afghanistan come and go here every day. Because of our incredible access to the many magnificent minerals of the region due to our exclusive rights in sundry mines of many famous gemstones of the region, we extend to both collectors and dealers worldwide this great opportunity of making our wares available on wholesale rates.