Photo credits
The landscape and mineral photos on this website come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under the licences listed below. Photos of gemstones are illustrations of the material and its region; they are not photos of Kohvand stock. Photos of our own stones are shown on each stone listing.
| Photo | Subject | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | The green Panjshir valley in spring, with the river, fields and mountains of the Hindu Kush | Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces) | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Rough lapis lazuli with white calcite veins and fine golden pyrite flecks, from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan | James St. John | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Deep blue rough lapis lazuli from the Sar-e-Sang deposit in Badakhshan | James St. John | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Snow-covered peaks of the Hindu Kush under a blue sky | Ninara from Helsinki, Finland | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Mountains in Badakhshan province, north-eastern Afghanistan | Sgt. Kimberly Lamb (U.S. Armed Forces) | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Green emerald crystals in white host rock, from Afghanistan | Géry PARENT | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Rough emerald crystals from the Panjshir valley, Afghanistan | Paweł Maliszczak [hardleo.com] | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Rough lapis lazuli in deep and medium blue with fine pyrite, from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan | James St. John | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
![]() | Close-up of green emerald crystals with inclusions in white host rock | Géry PARENT | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |








