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Butha-Buthe

Liqhobong diamond mine

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: diamonds (mine only).

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

Why this spot

Kimberlite pipe once worked by a women's digging cooperative, industrial since 2016

Documented in Lesotho mining history.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

mountain weather

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