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Tajikistan, Gorno-Badakhshan
Kukh-i-Lal, Tajikistan
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
MarblesAlso reported: spinel, clinohumite, forsterite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: historic marble-hosted spinel
Kukh-i-Lal (Kuh-i-Lal) is the historic documented source of Badakhshan 'balas ruby' spinel and clinohumite.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
AltitudeBorder-zone sensitivity, old workings
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