Gem Bazaar Creates Long Term Business Links

KARACHI, March 8, 2011: Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) organized yet another glittering Gem Bazaar in Quetta on 5th and 6th March at its Gem Exchange in Quetta. This was the 7th Gem Bazar which was inaugurated by Ms. Fahmida Kousar Jamali President of Women Chamber Balochistan.

There were more than 40 exhibitors who participated in the Gem Bazaar. Five exhibitors participated from Peshawar. The response was enormous especially females and families who were keenly interested in the variety of the display. The exhibitors developed a phenomenal business in the Gem Bazaar and created long term business links with the buyers and also explored potential for exports.

Gem Bazaars in Quetta provide an excellent platform to the buyers and sellers of Balochistan and from other parts of the country to gather under a single roof and engage in trade. This sort of an opportunity is what PGJDC has been providing to the gems and jewellery industry as part of its endeavour to develop the gemstone sector and increase foreign exchange through exports.

Source: http://www.dailynews.net.pk

UNIDO To Assist Gems and Jewellery Sector in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, April 9, 2011: Representative of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Shadia Bakhait said on Saturday that women could help reduce poverty by utilising their abilities in different fields. Woman has an important role in any society and without their contribution no nation can strengthen its economy but there is a need to give them proper guidance, she said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Islamabad Expo, 2011.

She said that the UNIDO was committed to help Pakistan’s industrial sector, especially gems and jewelery and stone development.

Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi said that such type of programmes were vital for educating the people to improve their capacity in different sectors and earn foreign exchange.

Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) president Samina Fazil said that 52 per cent of the country’s population consisted of women, which unfortunately were not contributing their proper share in the national economy.

Source: http://www.dawn.com

Types of Gems and Jewelery

In Pakistan almost all varieties are available regarding gems. Here is the list of popular gemstones.


* Ruby - Rubies range in color from light red to deep red. The biggest deposits of Rubies are in in Hunza Valley of the northern Kashmir, once known as the Gilgit Agency. The Hunza ruby is a deep "blood" red. Besides the nation of Burma, Hunza is the only region to have ever produced this type of ruby.

* Emerald - Like aquamarine, the emerald belongs to the beryl group of gems. Emeralds are geologically rare, but fine specimens are located in Swat, Pakistan. Pakistani emeralds are medium to deep green in color.

* Tourmaline - Tourmaline comes in a variety of colors including golden yellow, lime green and golden brown. It is found in pencil-shaped crystals. In Pakistan it occurs in Chitral, Swat, Dir, Gilgit and Azad Jammu Kashmir.

* Garnet - Garnets are used extensively in jewelry. Garnet is the name given to a family of minerals with similar structures. Not all are of gem quality. In Pakistan, the blood red pyrope as well as the purple almadine and the green-colored grossularite occur in the Kalat, Quetta, Dir and Swat areas. Other types include rhodolite, demantoid, spessartite and hessonite.

* Peridot - The peridot is lime green in color, with a hint of gold. It is the August birthstone. Popular in ancient Egyptian and Roman times, the peridot's popularity skyrocket in the 1990s after rich deposits were found in the Kashmir region of Pakistan.

* Aquamarine - The aquamarine gem belongs to the beryl mineral group and has a hexagonal crystalline structure. In Pakistan, it is found in Chitral, Kaghan, the Shigar valley of Baltistan and the Neelam Valley of Azad Kashmir. Aquamarine is transparent and ranges in color from sky blue to sea green.

* Topaz
* Spinel
* Pargasite
* Diopside
* Moonstone
* Serpentine Jade
* Epidote
* Pink Beryl (morganite)
* Purple Beryl
* Sphene
* Zoisite
* Lapis Lazuli
* Turquoise
* Kunzite
* Quartz
* Amethyst
* Sapphire

Gemstones in Pakistan

This blog is dedicated to that class of people who loves to know about gems, jewellery, gemstones in Pakistan and where it could be found in Pakistan. Types of gemstones and how one can identify these gems. Most people are always eager to know broad information on gemstones.