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Lunda Norte, Luanda Norte

Lucapa-Calonda gravels

Gem locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: diamonds, gravels.

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

Why this spot

Terrace and river gravels of the Chicapa drainage worked since Diamang days in the 1920s

Documented historic heart of Angolan alluvial mining.

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