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Cabo Delgado, Cabo Delgado Province

Montepuez ruby mines (Mozambique)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Fine red ruby; the world's leading ruby source.

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

Why this spot

Amphibolite-hosted corundum (ruby)

Montepuez transformed the global ruby market since ~2009

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