Gem Journal
Learn the stone before you buy it
Straight answers on identifying, pricing, choosing and caring for natural gemstones — written for buyers in Pakistan, with the Urdu names you already know.
Asli ki pehchan Real or Fake Ethiopian Opal: How to Check Before You Buy
Short answer: natural Ethiopian opal shows play-of-colour in patches that shift and change as you turn the stone, sits on a body that is usu…
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Price guide Kunzite Price in Pakistan: Per Carat, Per Ratti and What Sets It
Short answer: kunzite is one of the more affordable pink gems, and its price depends above all on colour depth. A stone with a clear, satura…
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Price guide White Agate (Safed Aqeeq) Price in Pakistan: What You Pay For
Short answer: white agate (safed aqeeq) is an affordable stone, and most of the difference between a cheap piece and a costly one comes from…
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Price guide Emerald Price in Pakistan: What Sets the Cost of Zamurd
Emerald is priced on colour first and almost everything else second. Two zamurd stones of the same weight can sit very far apart in price be…
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Price guide Opal Price in Pakistan: Play-of-Colour, Type and Weight
Opal price follows the fire you can see. A stone whose flashes are bright, large and spread across the whole face is worth far more than one…
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Price guide Cat's Eye Price in Pakistan: How Lehsunia Is Valued
Cat's eye is priced on two questions before any other: which mineral is it, and how good is the eye? A chrysoberyl lehsunia with a sharp…
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Buying guide Amethyst Buying Guide: Choosing Jamunia Online in Pakistan
A good amethyst is a clear, even purple that stays purple under tube light, daylight and the shade, with no colourless patches and nothing y…
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How to wear How to Wear Dur-e-Najaf: Finger, Hand, Metal and Care
Dur-e-Najaf is most often worn in a silver ring on the right hand, on the little finger or the ring finger. That is the custom you will see…
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Price guide Yellow Topaz Price in Pakistan: Golden Topaz and Sunehla
Yellow topaz is priced first on the warmth of its colour. A pale straw stone and a rich golden-orange stone of the same size can sit a long…
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Price guide Labradorite Price in Pakistan: What You Pay for the Flash
Labradorite is priced on its flash. The grey feldspar itself is plentiful and inexpensive; what you pay extra for is a sheet of blue, green…
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Price guide White Topaz Price in Pakistan: A Clear Stone, Fairly Priced
White topaz is priced on clarity and cut. Because it has no colour to judge, the two things you pay for are how clean the stone is and how w…
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Gem Journal · Emerald Emerald (Zamurd) Benefits: What Tradition Says and What the Stone Really Offers
Ask ten people in a Lahore or Peshawar bazaar what zamurd is good for and you will hear ten answers: clear speech, a sharp memory, good busi…
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Gem Journal · Opal Real or Fake Opal? How to Check Before You Buy in Pakistan
Opal is one of the easiest stones to imitate and one of the hardest to judge from a photograph. Its whole appeal is the flash of colour that…
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