Sri Lanka, Central Province
Elahera Gem Field, Sri Lanka
Gem locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sapphire, alexandrite, spinel, moonstone.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: alluvial gem gravels of the Amban Ganga
Elahera is a major documented Sri Lankan gem-gravel field producing sapphire and many other stones, widely cited in gem literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
River pits, flooding, unstable ground
Keep exploring nearby
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