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Myanmar, Kayah State

Bawlake Gem Area, Myanmar

Gem locality Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sapphire, ruby.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: gem gravels and metamorphic corundum

The Bawlake/Kayah area is noted in Myanmar gem-trade sources for corundum and colored stones.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Conflict zone, remote terrain

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