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Southeast Asia, Chanthaburi
Chanthaburi
Weekend gem market and Khao Ploi Waen sapphire hill
Gem locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: cut and rough sapphire, ruby, spinel, zircon at market, mine-tour tailings under supervision.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: Thailand's gem capital, a 19th-century sapphire and ruby mining district whose cutting and trading trade still runs the national colored-stone business
Wikipedia documents Chanthaburi (with Trat) as Thailand's center of ruby and sapphire mining and trade; the town's weekend street gem market is the famous visitor lane
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Street-market buying risk: synthetics and heat-treated stones are routineBuy small or buy tested
Keep exploring nearby
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