#repost from GIA Gems and Gemology, winter 2019 magazine: The Internal World of Afghan Emeralds. While Afghan emeralds have never held the market share of their Colombian brethren, many fine stones have been produced from the mines in the Panjshir Valley (figure 9). As for their internal characteristics, multiphase fluid inclusions are the most common inclusion in Afghan emeralds. They often have an elongate, needle-like shape and host several daughter minerals (figures 10 and 11), which can distinguish them from Colombian and Chinese emeralds. Daughter minerals in fluid inclusions in emeralds ..read more

A beautiful microscopic scene showing a jagged multiphase inclusion in one of our emeralds from Panjshir #repost from GIA Gems and Gemology, winter 2019 magazine: The Internal World of Afghan Emeralds. While Afghan emeralds have never held the market share of their Colombian brethren, many fine stones have been produced from the mines in the Panjshir Valley (figure 9). As for their internal characteristics, multiphase fluid inclusions are the most common inclusion in Afghan emeralds. They often have an elongate, needle-like shape and host several daughter minerals (figures 10 and 11), which ca ..read more

#repost from GIA Gems and Gemology, winter 2019 magazine: Panjshir Emerald inclusion scene in one of our emeralds posted in GIA Gems and Gemology magazine. The Internal World of Afghan Emeralds. While Afghan emeralds have never held the market share of their Colombian brethren, many fine stones have been produced from the mines in the Panjshir Valley (figure 9). As for their internal characteristics, multiphase fluid inclusions are the most common inclusion in Afghan emeralds. They often have an elongate, needle-like shape and host several daughter minerals (figures 10 and 11), which can disti ..read more

#repost from GIA Gems and Gemology, winter 2019 magazine: The Internal World of Afghan Emeralds. While Afghan emeralds have never held the market share of their Colombian brethren, many fine stones have been produced from the mines in the Panjshir Valley (figure 9). As for their internal characteristics, multiphase fluid inclusions are the most common inclusion in Afghan emeralds. They often have an elongate, needle-like shape and host several daughter minerals (figures 10 and 11), which can distinguish them from Colombian and Chinese emeralds. Daughter minerals in fluid inclusions in emeralds ..read more