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Mamfe / Cameroon blue sapphire

Gem locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Blue sapphire from Cameroonian gem gravels.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Basalt-hosted alluvial sapphire

Cameroon sapphire occurrences

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