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China Inland, Xinjiang

Hotan

Yurungkash (White Jade) River

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: white nephrite pebbles (rare), ink and blue-white jade, yellow-skinned seed jade.

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

Why this spot

Gem locality: the classic nephrite seed-jade river of Hotan, picked for two millennia and industrially dug over in the 2000s

River and jade picking documented by Wikipedia, mindat and Chinese media including 2025 guided-picking reports

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Flash flows off the KunlunUnstable dredge-spoil banks, summer heat

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