Chumar Bakhoor
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| Location | Sumayar Valley Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Chumar Bakor, also spelled Chumar Bakor, is a gemstone mining area located at an elevation of 5,520 meters in Sumayar Valley[2] of Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geographically, it is also closer to the Oyum-Nagar (Nagarkhas). It takes a trek of 4 to 5 hours to reach the pegmatites that crop out on the western side of the mountain above 4,000 meters in elevation. Appiani (2007) states that (according to Blauwet and Shah, 2004) the gemstone deposits at Chumar Bakor were first discovered in 1984 by local hunter Muhammad Shah.[3] Chumar Bakor contains various precious and semi-precious gemstones such as aquamarine, fluorite, apatite, calcite, and quartz.[4]
Precious and semi-precious gemstones
[edit | edit source]- Aquamarine
- Fluorite [5]
Chumar Bakor Pass
[edit | edit source]The Chumar Bakor pass links the Sumayar valley with Nagar Khas.
See also
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