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.

PhotoSubjectAuthorLicenceSource
The green Panjshir valley in spring, with the river, fields and mountains of the Hindu KushMaster Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces)CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Rough lapis lazuli with white calcite veins and fine golden pyrite flecks, from Sar-e-Sang, BadakhshanJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Deep blue rough lapis lazuli from the Sar-e-Sang deposit in BadakhshanJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Snow-covered peaks of the Hindu Kush under a blue skyNinara from Helsinki, FinlandCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Mountains in Badakhshan province, north-eastern AfghanistanSgt. Kimberly Lamb (U.S. Armed Forces)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Green emerald crystals in white host rock, from AfghanistanGéry PARENTPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Rough emerald crystals from the Panjshir valley, AfghanistanPaweł Maliszczak [hardleo.com]CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Rough lapis lazuli in deep and medium blue with fine pyrite, from Sar-e-Sang, BadakhshanJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of green emerald crystals with inclusions in white host rockGéry PARENTPublic domainWikimedia Commons