Kuh-i-Lal Spinel Mines
📍 Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan · 38.2800°, 71.0500°
The Pink Queen of Timur's treasures came from these Pamir cliffs worked since antiquity; large rose-pink spinels up to kilograms appear in Persian crown inventories.
📍 Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan · 38.2800°, 71.0500°
The Pink Queen of Timur's treasures came from these Pamir cliffs worked since antiquity; large rose-pink spinels up to kilograms appear in Persian crown inventories.