Sri Lanka, Southern Province
Meetiyagoda Moonstone Mines, Sri Lanka
Gem locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: blue moonstone, white moonstone, feldspar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: moonstone in weathered pegmatite/gravel
Meetiyagoda is the classic Sri Lankan blue moonstone source, well documented in gemological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Shaft mining, groundwater, collapse
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