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Yen Bai, Yên Bái Province
Tan Huong ruby mine
Gem locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
MarblesAlso reported: ruby, star ruby, spinel.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Marble-hosted ruby deposit worked since the 1990s, source of some of Vietnam's largest star rubies
Documented in gemological literature on the Yen Bai marble belt.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
quarry benches
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