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India & Indian Ocean, Western Province
Beruwala
China Fort (Paththe) open gem market
Gem locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: buy-side: sapphire, spinel, zircon, traded curbside.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: centuries-old Moor gem-trading quarter on the southwest coast, one of Sri Lanka's open street gem markets
Wikipedia documents the Paththe gem market in China Fort as one of the country's open gem markets; a buy-side stop, not a digging site
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cash-heavy street trading
misrepresented or heated stones for the unwary
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.