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Uva, Uva Province

Okkampitiya gem field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Sapphire, and spinel from gravels..

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

Why this spot

Alluvial gem gravels

Sri Lankan gem gravel district.

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