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Ilakaka sapphire

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Also reported: Sapphire (blue, pink.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Alluvial gem gravels

Boomtown sapphire rush region since the late 1990s.

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