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India & Indian Ocean, Madhya Pradesh
Panna
NMDC diamond project & annual shallow-mining leases
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: diamond (rare).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: India's only working diamond field, mined since the Middle Ages, with NMDC's Majhgawan pipe plus a genuine government system leasing shallow gravel plots to local diggers
Wikipedia documents NMDC's Diamond Mining Project and yearly government leases of diggings to prospective miners, with finds deposited and auctioned each January (Rs 5,000 bidder deposit)
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open pits and monsoon-flooded workingsSummer heat, tigers in adjacent Panna reserve buffer
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