From Mountain
to Hand
Follow one stone from the ranges where it formed to the moment it is placed in your hand. Choose your stone, then scroll.
Where the Karakoram meets the Hindu Kush.
At dawn the light finds the high ridges first. Beneath them, in Swat Valley, the stone has waited for millions of years.
Hand-mined, as it has been for centuries.
Lantern light, cold rock and patience. In the dark of the mine, a single green glint.
We work with small, documented mining partners in Swat Valley. Every stone's origin is recorded at source.
Formed over millions of years.
Freed from its host rock, the rough Beryl crystal sees light for the first time.
Cut to honour the stone, not to maximise weight.
Facet by facet, the cutter reads the crystal, its colour, its inclusions, its light, and the emerald cut emerges.
Certified natural. Certified extraordinary.
VERDAAN · VGD Certificate
- Stone
- Swat Emerald
- Species
- Beryl
- Origin
- Swat Valley, Pakistan
- GPS
- 34.7551°N, 72.3566°E
- Treatment
- Minor cedar oil, disclosed
- Carat
- Recorded per stone
Curated in London.
Velvet, brass and quiet. Each stone is examined once more, then placed in its VERDAAN box with its certificate and origin card.
Stone. Story. Legacy.
The lid opens. Millions of years, one mountain, one mine, one cutter, and now, you.
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