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Bo District, Southern Province

Sewa River diamond gravels

Gem locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: diamonds, corundum grains, gravels.

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

Why this spot

The main diamond artery of Sierra Leone, dredged and dived since the 1930s

Documented as the country's largest alluvial diamond drainage.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

drowning, unregulated diving rigs

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