rockhounding
More of Africa
219 researched sites7 legal to collect
Abu Dabbab tantalum-beryl depositMineral locality · Restricted
›Adamawa sapphire fields, CameroonGem locality · Gray area
›Adola goldfieldGold ground · Permission required
›Afar / Dallol (Ethiopia) sulphur and saltMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Afema gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Ahafo gold mine districtGold ground · Restricted
›Akjoujt, MauritaniaMineral locality · Permission required
›Akwatia diamond fields (Ghana)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ambatofinandrahana quartz and amazonite (Madagascar)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Ambatondrazaka / Didy sapphire and emerald (Madagascar)Gem locality · Gray area
›Ambositra / Antsirabe petrified wood (Madagascar)Fossil site · Gray area
›Andilamena ruby (Madagascar)Gem locality · Gray area
›Andranondambo sapphireGem locality · Permission required
›Antsetsy / Ambatovy nickel-cobalt (Madagascar)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Antsla / Ilesha (Nigeria emerald and beryl)Gem locality · Gray area
›Ardoukoba lava fieldsMineral locality · Gray area
›Ariab gold districtGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Aris quarry (Namibia) rare mineralsMineral locality · Gray area
›Arusha: tanzanite buy lane for the Mererani minesGem locality · Open
›Augaro goldfieldsGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Azegour mineMineral locality · Gray area
›Baia dos Barreiros, Sao NicolauFossil site · Gray area
›Banankoro diamond fieldGem locality · Permission required
›Baomahun gold campGold ground · Permission required
›Barberton greenstone / Sheba gold (South Africa)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Baringo / West Pokot (Kenya ruby)Gem locality · Gray area
›Bekily / Tranomaro (Madagascar) garnet and phlogopiteGem locality · Gray area
›Bibiani gold beltGold ground · Restricted
›Bisha mineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Boekenhouthoek amethyst diggingsCrystal locality · Permission required
›Bomi Hills iron minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Bonikro gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Bougouni pegmatites, MaliGem locality · Gray area
›Boujdour / Sahrawi phosphate fossils (Morocco/W. Sahara)Fossil site · Gray area
›Boulhaut / Sidi Amor (Tunisia celestine)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Buhweju goldfieldGold ground · Permission required
›Busia gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Butihinda gold zoneGold ground · Gray area
›Cassinga iron districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Chami artisanal gold zoneGold ground · Licence or permit
›Chilwa Island carbonatiteMineral locality · Gray area
›Chimwadzulu Hill (Malawi ruby/sapphire)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Chimwadzulu Ruby & Sapphire, MalawiGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Chirano gold mine areaGold ground · Restricted
›Chott el Djerid desert rosesMineral locality · Legal to collect
›Colluli potashMineral locality · Restricted
›Cuamba / Marrupa garnet and aquamarine (Mozambique)Gem locality · Gray area
›Cuango valley diamond fieldsGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Djebel DebbaghMineral locality · Permission required
›Djebel Ouenza (Algeria iron and calcite)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Dunkwa-on-Offin placer reachesGold ground · Permission required
›Ejeda / Tulear (Madagascar) blue apatite and calciteMineral locality · Gray area
›El Buur meerschaum diggingsMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›El Hammam fluorite (Morocco)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Elandsfontein / West Coast fossil park (South Africa)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Ennedi plateau silica countryAgate beach or gravel · Prohibited, look only
›Fianarantsoa / Ambatomena rose quartz (Madagascar)Crystal locality · Gray area
›Gakara rare earth veinsMineral locality · Restricted
›Gatumba pegmatite fieldMineral locality · Permission required
›Gebel El-Zeit / Eastern Desert (quartz and gold)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Gebel Qatrani fossil bedsFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Ghanzi ridge copper beltMineral locality · Restricted
›Gibeon meteorite strewn fieldMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Great Dyke chromite (Zimbabwe)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Great Sand Sea glass margin (Libya)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Handeni / Kwavi (Tanzania) grossular and rubyGem locality · Gray area
›Holle potash minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Ianapera emerald zoneGem locality · Permission required
›Ilakaka sapphireGem locality · Permission required
›Ilakaka sapphire fields (Madagascar)Gem locality · Gray area
›Ilakaka: sapphire boomtown on the RN7Gem locality · Gray area
›Ity gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Jagersfontein diamond mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Jbel Tirremi fluoriteMineral locality · Gray area
›Jos Plateau pegmatitesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Jos Plateau pegmatites (Nigeria tourmaline)Gem locality · Gray area
›Jwaneng diamond mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kagem / Kafubu emeraldGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kakamega goldfieldGold ground · Permission required
›Kangankunde REE Minerals, MalawiMineral locality · Permission required
›Kansanshi mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Kao diamond mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kaokoveld (Kaokoland) dioptaseMineral locality · Gray area
›Karoo Basin (South Africa) therapsid fossilsFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Karoo Basin therapsid beds (Beaufort West / Graaff-Reinet)Fossil site · Permission required
›Kassanda gold diggingsGold ground · Permission required
›Kayes region (Mali gold)Gold ground · Gray area
›Kayes region epidote-prehnite, MaliMineral locality · Gray area
›Kedougou orpaillage corridorsGold ground · Licence or permit
›Kenticha / Shakiso emerald and pegmatite (Ethiopia)Gem locality · Gray area
›Khorixas petrified forestFossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Kilembe copper mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Kilombero / Mahenge garnet (Tanzania)Gem locality · Gray area
›Kissidougou diamond gravelsGem locality · Permission required
›Koffiefontein diamond mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kokumbo hill gold workingsGold ground · Gray area
›Kolwezi malachiteMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Komabangou goldfieldGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Kombat mine (Namibia)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Kono alluvial diamond groundsGem locality · Permission required
›Konongo gold campGold ground · Permission required
›Kouri Bougoudi gold zoneGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Kwale mineral sandsMineral locality · Restricted
›Lake Assal salt banksMineral locality · Gray area
›Langebaanweg 'E Quarry' (SA, protected)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Lefa gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Liqhobong diamond mineGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Loliondo spessartine occurrenceGem locality · Gray area
›Longido rubyGem locality · Permission required
›Longonjo carbonatiteMineral locality · Restricted
›Lucapa-Calonda gravelsGem locality · Restricted
›Lundazi / Mkushi aquamarine (Zambia)Gem locality · Gray area
›Lupa goldfieldGold ground · Permission required
›Mabayi gold zoneGold ground · Gray area
›Macalder-Migori gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Maevatanana / Betsiboka labradorite (Madagascar)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Maganzo diamond diggingsGem locality · Permission required
›Mahenge spinelGem locality · Permission required
›Mahenge spinel deposits (Tanzania)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mandena mineral sandsMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mandrosonoro pegmatitesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Manono-Kitotolo pegmatite (DR Congo)Gem locality · Gray area
›Marampa hematite mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Marange diamond fieldsGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Masasi rhodolite fieldsGem locality · Permission required
›Mashamba West / Kakanda (dioptase, Katanga)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Mayo Darlé, CameroonMineral locality · Gray area
›Mayoko / Franceville (Gabon) manganese and uraniumMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mazowe gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Mbuji-Mayi diamond fieldsGem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Merti / Garba Tula (Kenya) agate and chalcedonyAgate beach or gravel · Gray area
›Mfouati-Boko Songho minesMineral locality · Gray area
›Miami / Mtoko (Zimbabwe) beryl and lepidoliteGem locality · Gray area
›Mindouli copper districtMineral locality · Gray area
›Moanda, GabonMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Montepuez ruby mines (Mozambique)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Moroto marble quarriesMineral locality · Permission required
›Mounana, GabonMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mount Malosa (Zomba) Minerals, MalawiMineral locality · Permission required
›Mount Nimba strict reserve (Guinea)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mpanda mineral fieldMineral locality · Permission required
›Mrima HillMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Mtoko / Karoi aquamarine pegmatites (Zimbabwe)Gem locality · Gray area
›Mulanje massif quartzCrystal locality · Permission required
›Mumbwa gold campsGold ground · Permission required
›Musha-Ntunga cassiterite fieldMineral locality · Permission required
›Nador / Beni Bou Ifrour (magnetite and hematite)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Nangodi gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Nasarawa / Keffi pegmatites (Nigeria)Gem locality · Gray area
›New Liberty gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Ngualla rare earth hillMineral locality · Restricted
›Nimba Range itabiriteMineral locality · Restricted
›Nioro / Bougouni pegmatites (Mali)Gem locality · Gray area
›Nkana / Roan Antelope Copperbelt (Zambia)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Nyakabingo tungsten mineMineral locality · Restricted
›Odzi gold beltGold ground · Permission required
›Okorusu fluorite (Namibia)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Omo / Awash hominid fossil beds (Ethiopia)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Onganja copper minesMineral locality · Permission required
›Otjosondu manganese (Namibia)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Oyo / Ibadan area sapphire (Nigeria)Gem locality · Gray area
›Pala gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Penhalonga gold valleyGold ground · Permission required
›Pilanesberg alkaline complexMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Ribaue aquamarine pegmatitesCrystal locality · Permission required
›Ruangwa / Songea sapphire (Tanzania)Gem locality · Gray area
›Rupa goldfieldsGold ground · Permission required
›Rutongo tin minesMineral locality · Restricted
›Sabodala gold mine areaGold ground · Restricted
›Sadiola / Yatela (Mali gold)Gold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Sahara / Erg Chech (meteorites and desert glass region)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Sakoany / Katsepy celestine geodes (Madagascar)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Sandaré, MaliGem locality · Gray area
›Sandawana emerald mine (Zimbabwe)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Sarusas amethyst workingsCrystal locality · Prohibited, look only
›Seguela diamond fieldGem locality · Permission required
›Sewa River diamond gravelsGem locality · Permission required
›Shamva gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Siguiri gold districtGold ground · Permission required
›Sikait / Zabara (Cleopatra's emerald)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Simandou range ironMineral locality · Restricted
›Simodi opal occurrenceOpal field · Gray area
›Somabula gravels (Zimbabwe)Gem locality · Gray area
›Souanke gold zoneGold ground · Permission required
›Spitzkoppe: community campsite and crystal sellersCrystal locality · Open
›Sukari gold mineGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Sukulu carbonatite hillsMineral locality · Restricted
›Swakopmund: Kristall Galerie and gem scratch patchCrystal locality · Open
›Taita / Tsavo tsavoriteGem locality · Permission required
›Taita Hills / Tsavo tsavorite (Kenya)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Tasiast gold mine areaGold ground · Restricted
›Tati goldfieldsGold ground · Permission required
›Tazouta / Sefrou (Morocco) fluorite and calciteMineral locality · Gray area
›Tongo diamond fieldGem locality · Permission required
›Tortiya diamond gravelsGem locality · Permission required
›Touissit-Bou Beker (cerussite)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Tshikapa diamond gravelsGem locality · Gray area
›Tsumeb MineMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Tsumeb mine (classic minerals)Mineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Tunduru gem gravels (Tanzania)Gem locality · Gray area
›Turkana / Lake Turkana fossils (Kenya)Fossil site · Prohibited, look only
›Uis: Brandberg mineral stalls and tin-townMineral locality · Open
›Umba ValleyGem locality · Permission required
›Umba Valley (Tanzania garnet and sapphire)Gem locality · Gray area
›Vohibory / Maniry demantoid (Madagascar)Gem locality · Gray area
›Wadi Allaqi gold countryGold ground · Prohibited, look only
›Wadi Hammamat stone quarriesMineral locality · Prohibited, look only
›Wadi ash-Shati iron hillsMineral locality · Gray area
›Wadi el-Hudi (amethyst and beryl, Egypt)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Weasua diamond fieldGem locality · Permission required
›Wegel Tena: Wollo opal district, buy-onlyOpal field · Restricted
›Winza ruby and sapphire (Tanzania)Gem locality · Gray area
›Yaoure gold districtGold ground · Restricted
›Yubdo / Wollega platinum (Ethiopia)Mineral locality · Gray area
›Zabargad Island (St. John's Island peridot)Gem locality · Prohibited, look only
›Zanaga iron prospectMineral locality · Restricted
›Zimmi diamond gravelsGem locality · Permission required
›Zomba / Mount Malosa (Malawi) aegirine and zirconMineral locality · Gray area
›Zouérat, MauritaniaMineral locality · Permission required
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