Aikhal
Алмазы
Действующая шахта / карьер
big bang
Точка показывает не один карьер, а район, поле, пояс или комплекс; на местности объект может занимать большую площадь.
Известно поле / район
Привязка на уровне добычного field, district, tract, belt или протяжённой группы выработок.

Botuobinskaya
Алмазы
Действующая шахта / карьер
big bang
Точка старается показывать сам объект, но всё равно остаётся приблизительной, а не геодезически точной.
Известна шахта / именованный объект
Известна конкретная шахта, mine block, hill, gulch или один named locality, но точка ещё может быть приблизительной.

Catoca Mine
Алмазы
Действующая шахта / карьер
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Diamond
big bang
Точка старается показывать сам объект, но всё равно остаётся приблизительной, а не геодезически точной.
Известна шахта / именованный объект
Известна конкретная шахта, mine block, hill, gulch или один named locality, но точка ещё может быть приблизительной.

Cullinan Mine
Historic producer of very large gem diamonds.
Каталоги музеев: именованные образцы и точные provenance-привязки 2026-06-01
Точка старается показывать сам объект, но всё равно остаётся приблизительной, а не геодезически точной.
Известна шахта / именованный объект
Известна конкретная шахта, mine block, hill, gulch или один named locality, но точка ещё может быть приблизительной.
Blue Heart precursor rough
Smithsonian states the Blue Heart was cut from a 100.5 carat piece of rough purchased from the Premier Transvaal Diamond Mining Company.
Blue Heart Diamond
Finished blue diamond specimen found at the Premier Mine, South Africa, in 1908.

Damtshaa

Debmarine Offshore Lease Area
Global benchmark for marine diamond mining.
морской участок / центр морской лицензии
Точка может лежать в море намеренно: она показывает морской участок добычи или центр лицензионной акватории.
Известно поле / район
Привязка на уровне добычного field, district, tract, belt или протяжённой группы выработок.

Ekati Mine
Canada's first diamond mine; current mining on Sable, Misery Underground, and Point Lake sequence.
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Diamond
Точка показывает не один карьер, а район, поле, пояс или комплекс; на местности объект может занимать большую площадь.
Известно поле / район
Привязка на уровне добычного field, district, tract, belt или протяжённой группы выработок.

Elizabeth Bay
Representative northern coastal satellite mine area.

Finsch Mine
One of Petra's two current South African assets.

Gahcho Kue Mine
Canada's main currently operating De Beers diamond mine.

Grib Mine
The other major Arkhangelsk hard-rock diamond mine.
Известен регион
Есть провинция, штат, округ или крупная зона, но без надёжной привязки к одной шахте или field.

Internatsionalnaya
One of ALROSA's best known underground operations.

Jwaneng
Often described as the richest diamond mine by value.

Kao Mine
Large Lesotho mine known for colored diamonds.
Gem Diamonds operations and Lesotho technical material
Firestone Diamonds: Liqhobong and 2024 suspension notice
Firestone Diamonds: Suspension of operations at Liqhobong, October 15, 2024
Storm Mountain Diamonds: Kao Mine overview
Lesotho News Agency: Mothae care and maintenance, May 29, 2026

Karowe Mine
Famous for giant Type IIa diamonds and an underground expansion plan.

Letlhakane
Now a tailings-based producer with extended life.
Точка показывает не один карьер, а район, поле, пояс или комплекс; на местности объект может занимать большую площадь.

Letseng Mine
Kimberlite pipes in the Maloti Highlands
World-renowned for very large high-value stones.
Gem Diamonds operations and Lesotho technical material
Firestone Diamonds: Liqhobong and 2024 suspension notice
Firestone Diamonds: Suspension of operations at Liqhobong, October 15, 2024
Storm Mountain Diamonds: Kao Mine overview
Lesotho News Agency: Mothae care and maintenance, May 29, 2026

Lomonosov Mine Cluster
Kimberlite pipes in the Arkhangelsk province
Main ALROSA asset in northwestern Russia.

Lulo
Alluvial diamond field with nearby kimberlite targets
Known for large high-value alluvial stones.
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Diamond

Murowa Mine

Nyurbinskaya

Oranjemund Land Operations
Coastal and fluvial marine placer system

Orapa
The largest open-pit diamond mine by area in Botswana.

Udachnaya

Venetia Mine
South Africa's leading diamond mine by value after underground transition.

Williamson (Mwadui)
The classic East African kimberlite mine.

Yubileinaya

Crater of Diamonds State Park
Diamond-bearing lamproite volcanic pipe exposed as a public search field.
Действующее поле / район добычи
Public diamond field where visitors can search the eroded pipe surface.
Arkansas State Parks: Crater of Diamonds State Park
Туры и публично доступные шахты: широкий проход 2026-06-01

Marange
Действующее поле / район добычи

Mbuji-Mayi / MIBA
Действующее поле / район добычи

Tshikapa

Kimberlite target within the Catoca concession
Проект / подготовленное месторождение
Catoca reported viability work continuing into second half of 2026.
Точка показывает именованный участок, проявление или проект и не равна точному контуру объекта.

Chidliak
Проект / подготовленное месторождение
Точка показывает именованный участок, проявление или проект и не равна точному контуру объекта.

Luele (Luaxe)
Проект / подготовленное месторождение
One of the largest new Angolan hard-rock diamond developments.
Точка показывает именованный участок, проявление или проект и не равна точному контуру объекта.

Merlin
Best-known remaining Australian hard-rock diamond redevelopment target.

Star-Orion South
Kimberlite field in the Fort a la Corne district
One of Canada's larger undeveloped diamond projects.

Zarnitsa
Разведанное месторождение
Classic Yakutian pipe; one of the earliest major Soviet discoveries.

Koffiefontein
Консервация / care & maintenance
Classic pipe with intermittent modern activity.
Известен регион
Есть провинция, штат, округ или крупная зона, но без надёжной привязки к одной шахте или field.

Koidu Mine
Консервация / care & maintenance
Major Sierra Leone hard-rock mine reported in care and maintenance during 2025.

Liqhobong Mine
Консервация / care & maintenance
Suspended on October 15, 2024 but still a defined producing asset.
Gem Diamonds operations and Lesotho technical material
Firestone Diamonds: Liqhobong and 2024 suspension notice
Firestone Diamonds: Suspension of operations at Liqhobong, October 15, 2024
Storm Mountain Diamonds: Kao Mine overview
Lesotho News Agency: Mothae care and maintenance, May 29, 2026

Mir Pipe
One of the most famous diamond pipes in the world; still a key defined deposit.

Mothae Mine
Care-and-maintenance program formalized in 2025 and reported again in May 2026.

Renard Mine
Quebec's principal diamond mine, currently not in steady production.

Verkhne-Munskoye
Kimberlite cluster including Zapolyarnaya and Magnitnaya pipes
ALROSA deposit cluster temporarily suspended in 2025.

Argyle
Историческое / закрытое
Closed in 2020 but remains the defining pink-diamond deposit.

Diavik Mine
Историческое / закрытое
Major Canadian mine; final production announced on March 26, 2026.

Echunga Goldfield Diamond Occurrence
Historic alluvial diamond occurrence in Adelaide Hills goldfield gravels with ongoing diamond prospectivity
Историческое / закрытое
Near-Adelaide alluvial diamond occurrence where official and museum-linked sources report up to 200 diamonds, including saleable gems, from the Echunga field.
South Australia Energy & Mining: Diamond
Австралия: известные неэкономичные месторождения
historic occurrence without current economic case

Victor
Kimberlite pipe in the James Bay Lowlands
Closed but still important as a defined Ontario diamond deposit.

Glass
Рубин и сапфир
GIA: Geology of Corundum and Emerald Gem Deposits

Maninge Nice
Рубин и сапфир
Colluvial and proximal primary ruby deposit
Named Montepuez sub-area known for facet-grade ruby.
GIA: Geology of Corundum and Emerald Gem Deposits

Montepuez
Рубин и сапфир
Primary and secondary metamorphic ruby system
The dominant modern ruby district by volume.
GIA: Geology of Corundum and Emerald Gem Deposits

Mugloto
Named Montepuez production area described in GIA and SRK work.

Ambondromifehy
GIA field expedition: Ilakaka sapphire field, Madagascar

Anakie
The broader district that contains Rubyvale and Sapphire.

Andilamena
GIA field expedition: Ilakaka sapphire field, Madagascar

Bemainty
One of the better-known northern Madagascar ruby localities.
GIA field expedition: Ilakaka sapphire field, Madagascar

Chanthaburi
Historic Thai mining and trading center.

Elahera
The other classic Sri Lankan sapphire belt.

Glen Innes

Ilakaka
One of the world's biggest sapphire fields.

Inverell
Anchor district of New South Wales sapphire production.

Kataragama
Important southeastern Sri Lankan sapphire locality.

Kings Plains

Kyatpyin

Luc Yen

Mogok
Каталоги музеев: именованные образцы и точные provenance-привязки 2026-06-01
Burmese Ruby Bracelet stones
Smithsonian describes the bracelet as 31 antique-cut Burmese rubies totaling 60 carats, sourced from the Mogok ruby region at country/region level.
Carmen Lúcia Ruby
Smithsonian states the ruby was mined from the Mogok region of Burma in the 1930s.

Mong Hsu

Pailin

Quy Chau
The other major Vietnamese ruby district.

Rakwana
Additional working Sri Lankan gem field.

Ratnapura
Secondary gem gravels in high-grade metamorphic terrain
Sri Lanka's best-known gem gravel district.

Rock Creek Sapphire
Alluvial sapphire-ruby deposit in the Sapphire Mountains near Philipsburg, with secondary gem placers known as Gem Mountain and Rock Creek.
Exact Montana sapphire locality tied by Smithsonian to the Ponderosa Sapphire and the Rock Creek Sapphires collection.
Mindat: Rock Creek Sapphire, Granite County, Montana, USA
Каталоги музеев: точные locality-привязки и specimen-метрики 2026-06-01
Mindat provides a named Rock Creek Sapphire locality; point is treated as the district reference for museum provenance.
Известен регион
Есть провинция, штат, округ или крупная зона, но без надёжной привязки к одной шахте или field.
Rock Creek Sapphires collection
Smithsonian states this group of faceted sapphires from the Rock Creek deposit totals 451.62 carats.
Ponderosa Sapphire
Smithsonian identifies the Ponderosa Sapphire as a 64.14 ct gem recovered from the Rock Creek deposit near Philipsburg, Montana.

Rubyvale

Sakaraha
Secondary gem field associated with the Ilakaka belt
Southern extension of the Ilakaka-Sakaraha field.

Sapphire
Named working center within the central Queensland sapphire belt.

Songea
Companion field to Tunduru in southern Tanzania.

Tunduru
One of the broad southern Tanzania gem fields.

Umba Valley

Winza

Aappaluttoq
Разведанное месторождение

Aksum Sapphire Area
Разведанное месторождение

Bo Ploi

Chimwadzulu Hill
Sapphire-ruby hill locality on the Great Rift escarpment with primary and eluvial corundum workings.
Named Malawi sapphire locality tied by Smithsonian to a 4.71 ct natural untreated sapphire.
Mindat: Chimwadzulu Hill, Ntcheu District, Malawi
Каталоги музеев: точные locality-привязки и specimen-метрики 2026-06-01
known deposit with intermittent mining history
Mindat provides a hill-level locality reference; exact pit or seasonal working is not specified.
Chimwadzulu Hill sapphire
Smithsonian identifies this untreated gem as a 4.71 ct natural sapphire from Chimwadzulu Hill, Malawi.

Didy
Important adjacent sapphire-ruby locality in the same broad province.

Jegdalek

Kashmir (Sumjam/Paddar belt)

Longido
Long-known ruby locality in northern Tanzania.

Namya
Northern Myanmar ruby locality often discussed with Mogok and Mong Hsu.

Yogo Gulch
Primary sapphire occurrence in an ultramafic lamprophyre dike mined for gem-quality xenolithic sapphires.
Classic primary Yogo sapphire locality tied by Smithsonian to the Yogo Sapphire Butterfly.
Mindat: Yogo Gulch, Judith Basin County, Montana, USA
Каталоги музеев: точные locality-привязки и specimen-метрики 2026-06-01
Mindat provides a gulch-level locality reference for the Yogo sapphire district.
Yogo Sapphire Butterfly stones
Smithsonian says the Yogo Sapphire Butterfly contains three Yogo sapphires weighing 0.87, 4.93, and 6.00 ct, totaling 11.80 ct.

Belmont
Изумруд и берилл
Metasomatic emerald in schists and ultramafic rocks
One of Brazil's best-known emerald mines.

Chivor
Изумруд и берилл
AMNH: Exquisite Emerald / Patricia Emerald
Каталоги музеев: именованные образцы и точные provenance-привязки 2026-06-01
Patricia Emerald
AMNH describes the Patricia Emerald as the largest example recovered from the Chivor Mine in Colombia.

Coscuez
Изумруд и берилл

Grizzly Mine
GIA: Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia

Kagem
Metasomatic emerald in phlogopite reaction zones
GIA: Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia

La Pita

Muzo
Каталоги музеев: колумбийские изумруды Smithsonian 2026-06-01
Mackay Emerald
Named Smithsonian emerald necklace center stone reported as originating from Muzo, Colombia.

Penas Blancas
Named producing area in the western Colombian belt.

Rocha

Carnaiba

Emerald Hollow Mine
Hiddenite-area pegmatite and emerald-bearing metamorphic/vein mineralization.
Public collecting mine associated with emerald and hiddenite.
Emerald Hollow Mine: official public gem mine
Туры и публично доступные шахты: широкий проход 2026-06-01

Khenj
One of the best-known Panjshir mining areas.

La Vega de San Juan
Emerald and euclase mineralization hosted by Lower Cretaceous mudstones of the Santa Rosa Formation, in hydrothermal veins and breccias with albitization and carbonization.
Named emerald mine area tied directly to the Gachala Emerald and still worked by artisanal underground mining.
Mindat: La Vega de San Juan, Gachalá, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
Каталоги музеев: колумбийские изумруды Smithsonian 2026-06-01
Mindat lists this as an area locality rather than a surveyed shaft collar; point marks the named mine area.
Gachala Emerald
Smithsonian states the crystal was found at the Vega de San Juan mine in Gachala, Colombia. Reassigned from district-level Gachala to the more precise canonical locality La Vega de San Juan after museum-plus-locality reconciliation.

Medina
Working Minas Gerais pegmatite beryl district.

Mikeni
Named emerald mining area in the Panjshir system.

Mingora / Swat

Santa Maria de Itabira

Shakiso

Socoto
Neighboring Bahia emerald workings to Carnaiba.

Virgem da Lapa
Important eastern Minas Gerais gem-beryl area.

Campos Verdes

Fibolele
Documented part of the Kafubu emerald field.
GIA: Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia

Gachala
Named eastern belt deposit area often grouped with Chivor.
Каталоги музеев: колумбийские изумруды Smithsonian 2026-06-01

Gwantu

Habachtal
Classic European emerald occurrence cited in review literature.

Malysheva
Metasomatic emerald field in mica schists

Musakashi
Newer Zambian emerald deposit referenced in GIA work.

Pirala

Sandawana
Famous for vivid but generally smaller emeralds.

Santa Terezinha de Goias
Important Brazilian emerald province discussed in GIA review.

Yacopi

Cruzeiro Mine
Турмалин
One of Brazil's best-known tourmaline mines.
GIA: Geographic Origin Determination of Paraiba Tourmaline
GIA: Paraiba-type copper-bearing tourmaline from Brazil, Nigeria, and Mozambique
Пегматиты: связка существующих ключевых точек 2026-06-02

Alto Ligonha
Турмалин
GIA: Geographic Origin Determination of Paraiba Tourmaline

Dassu
Турмалин
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Gemstones

Ibity
Named pegmatite gem locality in central Madagascar.
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Gemstones

Jonas Mine
GIA: Geographic Origin Determination of Paraiba Tourmaline
GIA: Paraiba-type copper-bearing tourmaline from Brazil, Nigeria, and Mozambique

Mavuco
The best-known Mozambican copper-bearing tourmaline locality.

Mawi
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Gemstones

Mount Mica
Revived classic New England tourmaline source.

Nasarawa Pegmatite Belt
Representative Nigerian source of copper-bearing tourmaline.

Oceanview Mine
Pala pegmatite district gemstone mine in the Peninsular Ranges batholith.
Public dig site in a classic southern California pegmatite district.
Туры и публично доступные шахты: широкий проход 2026-06-01

Oyo Pegmatites
Additional southwestern Nigerian gem pegmatite area.

Paprok
One of the best-known Afghan pegmatite gem localities.
Пегматиты: связка существующих ключевых точек 2026-06-02

Sahatany

Santa Rosa
Named eastern Minas Gerais tourmaline occurrence.
GIA: Paraiba-type copper-bearing tourmaline from Brazil, Nigeria, and Mozambique

Shingus

Stak Nala

Dunton Quarry

Havey Quarry

Himalaya Mine
Classic U.S. gem tourmaline mine in San Diego County.
Пегматиты: связка существующих ключевых точек 2026-06-02

Mulungu
Second Brazilian state associated with Paraiba-type material.

Sao Jose da Batalha
Mindat: Sao Jose da Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil
Refined from a broad Paraiba point to the named Sao Jose da Batalha / Mina da Batalha locality in Salgadinho.
Paraiba tourmaline
Smithsonian identifies this 6.69 ct gem as a copper-bearing Paraiba tourmaline from Mina da Batalha in Paraiba, Brazil.

Stewart Mine

Tourmaline Queen

Andamooka
Опал
South Australia Energy & Mining: Opal fields in South Australia, May 27, 2026

Bonanza Mine
Опал

Coober Pedy
Опал
South Australia Energy & Mining: Opal fields in South Australia, May 27, 2026

Jundah
Another named western Queensland opal center.
South Australia Energy & Mining: Opal fields in South Australia, May 27, 2026

Koroit

Lightning Ridge

Magdalena

Mintabie
Active but access-restricted field on the APY Lands; mining continues for authorised miners.

Quilpie
Regional service center for the Queensland boulder belt.

Rainbow Ridge

Royal Peacock
Named Virgin Valley opal mine with seasonal public digging.
Royal Peacock Opal Mine: official visitor site

Stayish / Gashena

Stuart Creek
Sedimentary opal field with silicified cover and mesa-margin workings
Officially listed South Australian opal field about 58 km north of Andamooka.

Tequisquiapan / Queretaro

Wegel Tena

White Cliffs
One of Australia's oldest precious opal fields.

Winton

Yowah
One of the named southwestern Queensland boulder opal fields.

Lambina
Sedimentary opal diggings in the far north of South Australia
Part of the Lambina-Welbourn Hill negotiated opal diggings listed by South Australia.

Welbourn Hill
Sedimentary opal diggings in the far north of South Australia
Part of the Lambina-Welbourn Hill negotiated opal diggings listed by South Australia.

Mezezo

Arahura
Нефрит и жадеит
One of the classic pounamu source rivers.
Точка может сидеть на русле или у берега намеренно: это речной район, а не отдельная шахта.

Dease Lake Belt
Нефрит и жадеит
Province of British Columbia: BC geology overview

Hpakant
Нефрит и жадеит
Jadeitite in a subduction-related ophiolitic setting

Jade City / Cassiar
The best-known northern British Columbia nephrite district.
Province of British Columbia: BC geology overview

Karakash
Nephrite in alluvial and mountain settings
Companion black/green-nephrite source area near Hotan.
Точка может сидеть на русле или у берега намеренно: это речной район, а не отдельная шахта.

Lone Khin

Morales Mine

Tawmaw

Yurungkash
Nephrite in alluvial and mountain settings
Traditional white-nephrite source area near Hotan.
Точка может сидеть на русле или у берега намеренно: это речной район, а не отдельная шахта.

Anita Bay
Nephrite occurrences in Fiordland ultramafic rocks

Carrizal Grande

La Encrucijada

Ospinskoye
Metasomatic nephrite bodies in mountain belts
Representative Russian nephrite deposit in the East Sayan belt.
Province of British Columbia: BC geology overview

Merelani Block A
Другие классические камни
Part of the world's only commercial tanzanite source.
GIA: The largest square cushion-cut tsavorite and Merelani source

Merelani Block B
Другие классические камни
GIA: The largest square cushion-cut tsavorite and Merelani source

Merelani Block C
Другие классические камни
The dominant large-scale tanzanite production block.
GIA: The largest square cushion-cut tsavorite and Merelani source

Merelani Block D

White Rock Quarry
Quartz crystal-bearing sandstone quartzite quarry in the Stoneyfell Quartzite Group
Best-documented active Adelaide Hills quartz locality, but collecting is prohibited without permission.
South Australia Energy & Mining: White Rock Quarry
White Rock Quarry / Heidelberg Materials
Mindat: White Rock Quarry, Horsnell Gully
Prospecting Australia: White Rock Quarry, South Australia
Австралия: rock crystal в Южной Австралии
collector specimens within an active industrial quarry; no dedicated gem-mining case

Amethyst Mine Panorama
Thunder Bay amethyst occurrence in cavities and veins related to Proterozoic rocks.
Amethyst Mine Panorama: official visitor mine

Bekily
Metamorphic gem district with secondary concentrations
Important spinel-producing district in southern Madagascar.

Crystal Grove Diamond Mine
Herkimer-style doubly terminated quartz crystal occurrence in dolostone.
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine and Campground: official site

Herkimer Diamond Mines
Doubly terminated quartz crystals in cavities of Cambrian Little Falls dolostone.
Public dig locality for Herkimer-style quartz crystals.
The Crystal Council: Herkimer Diamond Meanings and Crystal Properties
Магические камни: культурные locality-привязки 2026-06-02
Туры и публичные объекты: второй проход 2026-06-02

Kingman
The best-known still-traded Arizona turquoise district.

Komolo
Named tsavorite locality in northern Tanzania.

Lemshuku
Working tsavorite locality in the Merelani belt.

Lengenbach Quarry
Dolomite quarry famous for rare arsenic sulfosalts in the Binn Valley.
Classic mineralogical collecting locality with rare species.

Mahenge
One of the best-known modern spinel sources.

Merelani Hills
Gem-quality grossular and zoisite occur mainly in boudinaged pegmatitic veins and hydrothermal fracture fillings within brecciated graphite-bearing gneiss.
District-scale tsavorite and tanzanite field; Smithsonian's Lion of Merelani is tied to Merelani at area level.
Mindat: Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Mindat treats Merelani Hills as an extended area locality; this point marks the broader field rather than a specific block.
Lion of Merelani
Smithsonian identifies the Lion of Merelani Tsavorite as a 116.76 ct stone from Merelani, Tanzania.

Nishapur

Ron Coleman Crystal Mine
Ouachita Mountains quartz vein crystal locality.
Public quartz crystal digging locality in Arkansas.
Ron Coleman Mining: official crystal mine
Berns Quartz
Smithsonian records the Berns Quartz as a 9,200-pound crystal discovered in 2016 at the Ron Coleman mine in Arkansas.

Sar-e-Sang
The classic lapis lazuli source since antiquity.

Scorpion Mine
One of the best documented Kenyan tsavorite mines.
GIA: Update on the Scorpion tsavorite mine

Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines
Ouachita Mountains quartz vein and pocket crystal locality.
Public crystal mine and collecting destination near Mount Ida.
Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines: official visitor site

Yantarny
Primary Baltic amber in marine blue-earth deposits
The main industrial Baltic amber source.
GIA: History and reconstruction of the Amber Room

Anderson's Gully (Anderson's Creek)
Smoky quartz crystals occur in rhyolite thundereggs and vugs, with drusy quartz and minor amethyst in weathered Rocklands Rhyolite.
Best-known specimen pocket zone within the Mooralla reserve; good crystals require digging, but the locality remains collector scale.
Explore Outdoors Victoria - Mooralla Gemstone Reserve
Mindat - Anderson's Gully (Anderson's Creek)
Prospecting Australia - New smokey quartz
Aussie Lapidary Forum - Mooralla Smokey's
Австралия: известные неэкономичные месторождения

Besednice Moldavite Field
South Bohemian moldavite field associated with the Ries impact tektite strewn field.
One of the best-known specific moldavite collecting localities in the global metaphysical and gem trade.
Crystal Vaults: Moldavite Healing Properties, Meanings, and Uses
Магические камни: культурные locality-привязки 2026-06-02
Village-level reference used as a proxy for the wider Besednice moldavite field.

Claude Hills North
Mount Davies chrysoprase workings in lateritized mafic-ultramafic rocks of the Giles Complex, with gem material related to nickel-rich weathering profiles.
Named Mount Davies workings where chrysoprase of varying quality was mined, but published quantities remain uncertain.
South Australia Energy & Mining - Chrysoprase
Австралия: известные неэкономичные месторождения
known workings with unclear tonnage and no current development case

Milendella Garnet Patch
Drilled calc-silicate andradite skarn lenses in Cambrian calcareous sediments
Explored andradite-bearing skarn locality east of Adelaide and the best-defined Milendella garnet occurrence.
explored deposit with no defined resource figure

Mooralla Gemstone Reserve
Smoky quartz geodes and loose crystals weather from the Late Devonian Rocklands Rhyolite, with pockets preserved in decomposed rhyolite.
One of Australia's best-known smoky-quartz collector localities, now managed as a permitted fossicking reserve rather than an economic mine.
Explore Outdoors Victoria - Mooralla Gemstone Reserve
Prospecting Australia - New smokey quartz
Aussie Lapidary Forum - Mooralla Smokey's
Трек: туры и посещения пещер, шахт и месторождений

Mount Davies No.6
Part of the Mount Davies lateritic chrysoprase field developed over Giles Complex ultramafic rocks in the Musgrave region.
Named Mount Davies workings documented as a chrysoprase and moss agate locality with no published reserve figure.
South Australia Energy & Mining - Chrysoprase

Mount Davies No.7
Occurrence of chrysoprase in jasper within the Mount Davies field, in the same lateritized Giles Complex setting as adjacent workings.
Occurrence-level Mount Davies point on restricted Aboriginal land; useful geologically, but not a demonstrated economic mine case.
South Australia Energy & Mining - Chrysoprase

Mount Davies No.9
Mount Davies chrysoprase veins hosted by the lateritic weathering profile developed over Giles Complex rocks in the Musgrave region.
Named Mount Davies workings containing chrysoprase veins, but no current economic development case is published.

Murun Massif
Alkaline massif and the only known source region of charoite, tied to the Chara River area of eastern Siberia.
Global reference locality for charoite and one of the clearest examples where metaphysical demand maps onto a single famous source region.
The Crystal Council: Charoite Meanings and Crystal Properties
Магические камни: культурные locality-привязки 2026-06-02
Regional reference for the Murun / Chara source area. Exact quarry-level charoite workings need a geology-only source next pass.

Pipalyatjara Mine (Mount Davies No.1)
Chrysoprase occurs in fault-related chalcedony veins within lateritized Giles Complex ultramafic rocks of the Mount Davies field.
Small chrysoprase mine in the Mount Davies field that produced saleable carving-grade material in 1996, but no active mine is documented now.
Mindat - Pipalyatjara Mine (Mount Davies No.1)

Ural Demantoid District

Ashton Quarry
Historic 1960s-70s Adelaide Hills crystal quarry; now a private residence with no access.
Prospecting Australia - Geodes or crystal structures around South Australia ???
Австралия: rock crystal в Южной Австралии
historic specimen locality with no present economic development case

Bergwerk Gonzen
Alpine iron orebody in the Gonzen mountain near Sargans.
Accessible Swiss underground mine tied to iron-ore geology.
Bergwerk Gonzen: official mine visitor site

Bisbee

Chapel Hill Diggings
quartz, citrine, smoky quartz, topaz, zircon, garnet
Historic quartz-reef and alluvial diggings in the Echunga field
Best-documented gem-mineral sub-locality in the Echunga field, though South Australia currently treats the site as unsafe for public access.
South Australia Energy & Mining: Fossicking
Трек: туры и посещения пещер, шахт и месторождений

Falun Mine
Historic massive sulfide copper mine in the Bergslagen mining province.
Classic Swedish mine visitor locality and UNESCO mining landscape.
Falu Gruva: official copper mine visitor site

Goldmine Gondo
Alpine gold-quartz vein mining district near the Simplon route.

Gumeracha Quarry
Weathered quartz-feldspar-muscovite pegmatite quarry and historic chinastone source
Historic Adelaide Hills pegmatite quarry east of Gumeracha with beryl and tourmaline recorded alongside feldspar production.
South Australia Energy & Mining: Feldspar

Maison de l'Amethyste
French amethyst geosite and visitor interpretation locality.

Mine de Cap Garonne
Copper mineralization in Permian sandstones at Cap Garonne.
French mine museum known for copper secondary minerals.
Musee de la Mine de Cap Garonne: official site

Mines d'Argent du Fournel
Historic silver-lead vein mine in the Fournel valley.
Mines d'Argent du Fournel: official site

Mines de Sel de Bex
Alpine evaporite salt deposit developed as a historic and visitor mine.

Sailors Gully
beryl, elbaite, common opal, schorl, garnet
Historic alluvial diggings and pegmatite-related collector occurrence in the Mount Crawford belt
Old Mount Crawford gully with museum-labeled elbaite and common opal; stronger as a collector locality than as a mine.
Prospecting Australia: Quartz from Mount Crawford

Salina Turda
Transylvanian evaporite salt deposit developed as a historic mine and visitor site.
Major Romanian underground salt-mine visitor locality.
Salina Turda: official salt mine visitor site

Salzwelten Hallstatt
Alpine salt deposit and long-lived Hallstatt salt mining landscape.
Salzwelten: Hallstatt salt mine visitor information
Туры и публичные объекты: второй проход 2026-06-02

Schwaz Silver Mine

Sleeping Beauty
Classic U.S. turquoise source cited by GIA.

Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine
Idar-Oberstein agate and quartz geode mining district in volcanic rocks.
Classic German gemstone mine visitor locality.
Туры и публичные объекты: второй проход 2026-06-02

Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Franklin-Sterling Hill zinc orebody with famous fluorescent mineral assemblages.
Classic Franklin district mineral locality with public underground tours.
Sterling Hill Mining Museum: Inside the Mine

Tellure Silver Mine
Vosges hydrothermal vein mining district around Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines.
French silver-mine visitor locality in a classic mineral district.
Tellure: Parc Minier / silver mine visitor site

Watt's Gully
Historic alluvial diggings and quartz-bearing gully within the Mount Crawford fossicking belt
Permit-only Mount Crawford fossicking locality with quartz, schorl, and kyanite documented by official and collector sources.
South Australia Energy & Mining: Fossicking
Prospecting Australia: Quartz from Mount Crawford
Трек: туры и посещения пещер, шахт и месторождений

Wieliczka Salt Mine
Miocene evaporite salt deposit in the Wieliczka-Bochnia salt-bearing formation.
Major underground salt-mine visitor locality and UNESCO-listed mine landscape.
Wieliczka Salt Mine: official visitor site
Wieliczka Salt Mine: Purchase your ticket online

Bayan Obo REE-Fe-Nb Deposit
Редкоземельные элементы
rare earth / iron / niobium mining district
World-scale rare earth deposit and long-term production center.
USGS Mineral Commodity Summary 2026: Rare Earths
Редкоземельные элементы: глобальный первый проход 2026-06-01

Lovozero Loparite REE Mine
Редкоземельные элементы
Peralkaline Lovozero complex; loparite ore is a REE-Nb-Ta source.
European Russia's active loparite source for light REE, Nb, and Ta.
Редкоземельные элементы: Европа и Латинская Америка, локальные языки, 2026-06-01

Maoniuping Rare Earth Mine
Редкоземельные элементы
Carbonatite-related LREE deposit in the Mianning-Dechang rare earth belt.
Major Sichuan rare earth mining locality.
USGS: Rare Earth Element Deposits in China
State Council Information Office: Maoniuping rare earth mine note
Редкоземельные элементы: глобальный первый проход 2026-06-01

Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine
Carbonatite-hosted light rare earth element deposit in the Mountain Pass district.
Major U.S. rare earth mine and processing feed source.
MP Materials: Mountain Pass rare earth materials site
NASA Earth Observatory: Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine
USGS Mineral Commodity Summary 2026: Rare Earths
Редкоземельные элементы: глобальный первый проход 2026-06-01

Mt Weld Rare Earth Mine
Deeply weathered carbonatite-hosted rare earth deposit at Mt Weld.
Large non-Chinese rare earth feed source operated by Lynas.
Lynas Rare Earths: Mt Weld, Western Australia
USGS Mineral Commodity Summary 2026: Rare Earths

Pela Ema / Serra Verde REE Mine
ion-adsorption clay rare earths, dysprosium, terbium, neodymium, praseodymium
Ionic clay-hosted heavy and light magnet rare earth deposit near Minacu.
Latin America's active scale REE producer and a major non-Asian magnet-REE source.
Serra Verde: Our Operation / Pela Ema deposit
Governo de Goias: Serra Verde inicia producao comercial de terras raras
Редкоземельные элементы: Европа и Латинская Америка, локальные языки, 2026-06-01

Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project
Alkaline intrusive complex with disseminated rare earth mineralization.
Named U.S. rare earth project in federal permitting records.
Rare Element Resources: Bear Lodge Project
Federal Permitting Dashboard: Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project

Beauvoir / Echassieres rare-metal granite
rare earth elements, lithium mica, tantalum, niobium, tin
Highly evolved Beauvoir granite with rare-metal enrichment; REE are part of the trace-element/mineralogical system rather than the main planned product.
French rare-metal benchmark locality that should stay visible when scanning local REE/CRM potential.
Geologie de la France / BRGM: granite a metaux rares de Beauvoir
CNRS Terre & Univers: Li-Beauvoir research programme
BRGM: Ressources minerales, les terres rares
Редкоземельные элементы: Европа и Латинская Америка, локальные языки, 2026-06-01
advanced lithium/rare-metal project; REE not primary product

Beylikova / Kizilcaoren REE Deposit
bastnaesite, fluorite, barite, thorium, rare earth oxides
Bastnaesite-fluorite-barite REE deposit in the Beylikova/Kizilcaoren district.
Large Turkish REE-fluorite-barite resource with pilot processing facility.
Republic of Turkiye Ministry of Energy: Rare Earth Elements
Beylikova Kaymakamligi: Beylikova Florit, Barit ve Nadir Toprak Elementleri Tesisi

Caldeira REE Project
ion-adsorption clay rare earths, neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium
Ionic clay REE mineralization in the Poços de Caldas alkaline complex area.
Advanced Poços de Caldas-area REE project with pilot/laboratory activity.
Meteoric Resources: Caldeira Rare Earths Project
IPEN clipping: Projeto Caldeira terras raras em MG
advanced project / licensing and pilot work

Carina REE Project
ion-adsorption clay rare earths, dysprosium, terbium, neodymium, praseodymium
Ionic clay-hosted REE mineralization in the Nova Roma area.
Brazilian HREE/LREE project in Nova Roma with local-government and company evidence.
Governo de Goias: Aclara Resources inaugura planta em Aparecida de Goiania

Colossus IAC REE Project
ion-adsorption clay rare earths, neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium
Ionic adsorption clay REE project within and around the Poços de Caldas alkaline complex.
Major Poços de Caldas-area REE project with Brazilian permitting documents.
Viridis Mining & Minerals: Colossus IAC REE Project
Brasil Mineral: Viridis apresenta EIA/RIMA do Projeto Colossus
project / EIA-RIMA and demonstration processing

Eneabba Rare Earths Stockpile
monazite, xenotime, zircon, rare earth concentrate
Rare earth-bearing monazite/xenotime mineral sands stockpile and processing feed.
mineral sands rare earth stockpile / refinery feed
Major Australian rare earth mineral sands by-product and processing project.

Halleck Creek Rare Earth Project
monazite, neodymium, praseodymium, magnet rare earths
REE mineralization in the Wyoming craton near the Halleck Creek district.
Large U.S. rare earth project in Wyoming.
American Rare Earths: Halleck Creek Project

Makuutu REE Project
rare earth elements, ionic adsorption clay, heavy rare earths
Near-surface ionic adsorption clay rare earth orebody extending across multiple districts in eastern Uganda.
Uganda's flagship ionic clay REE development; NEMA describes a proposed 27-year mining project on a 40 km long orebody.
NEMA Uganda: Makuutu Rare Earth Project in Bugiri, Mayuge and Bugweri Districts
Госгеология и кадастры: официальный REE-проход 2026-06-02
Редкоземельные элементы: Африка, Азия и СНГ, проход 2026-06-02
Point marks the Makuutu locality reference near the central part of the wider district-spanning orebody, not a single pit.
Project life
NEMA describes Makuutu as a proposed 27-year mining project.

Nechalacho Rare Earth Project
bastnaesite, monazite, xenotime, zircon, heavy rare earths
REE-bearing syenite/peralkaline intrusive complex at Thor Lake.
Canadian rare earth project with demonstration mining history.
Natural Resources Canada: Rare earth elements facts
Government of Northwest Territories: Nechalacho first in NWT mining

Ngualla REE Project
rare earth elements, bastnaesite, neodymium, praseodymium
Bastnaesite-rich carbonatite rare earth project centred on the Ngualla carbonatite complex.
One of the most advanced undeveloped NdPr-dominant carbonatite REE projects in East Africa.
USGS OFR 02-189: Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
Госгеология и кадастры: официальный REE-проход 2026-06-02
Редкоземельные элементы: Африка, Азия и СНГ, проход 2026-06-02
USGS locality reference for the Ngualla carbonatite / deposit area; project infrastructure spans a broader footprint.
Contained TREO
Peak reports approximately 4.61 Mt of contained TREO at Ngualla.
Mineral resource
Peak describes Ngualla as hosting a mineral resource of 214.4 Mt grading 2.15% TREO.
Mineral reserve
Peak describes Ngualla as hosting an ore reserve of 18.5 Mt grading 4.8% TREO.

Nolans Bore Rare Earth Project
REE-phosphate-uranium mineralization in fluorapatite-rich bodies at Nolans Bore.
Advanced NdPr-focused Australian rare earth project.
NAIF: Arafura Nolans Bore Rare Earths Project
advanced project / financing and development pathway

Norra Karr HREE Project
eudialyte, yttrium, dysprosium, terbium, heavy rare earths
Peralkaline nepheline syenite intrusion enriched in heavy rare earth elements.
European HREE project frequently cited for dysprosium and yttrium potential.

Penco Module REE Project
ion-adsorption clay rare earths, dysprosium, terbium, neodymium, praseodymium
Clay-hosted heavy and light REE project near Penco, Biobio.
Chile's flagship REE project and a prominent local-language environmental/permitting case.

Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project
phosphogypsum rare earths, neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium
REE recovery project from phosphogypsum stacks associated with the Phalaborwa complex.
Tailings/gypsum-stack REE recovery project with magnet rare earth focus.

Round Top HREE Project
yttrium, dysprosium, terbium, heavy rare earths, lithium
Peralkaline rhyolite/laccolith-hosted rare earth and critical mineral deposit.
U.S. HREE and critical-mineral project near Sierra Blanca.
USA Rare Earth: Round Top / company project site

Sokli REE-Phosphate Project
apatite, phosphate, niobium, rare earth elements
Carbonatite complex with phosphate, iron, niobium, and REE potential.
Finnish state-backed carbonatite project with REE listed among target materials.

Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine
High-grade hard-rock monazite vein deposit with historical production and renewed modern development work.
One of the best-known high-grade monazite rare earth projects in southern Africa.
Steenkampskraal Rare Earths Mine: About The Mine
Госгеология и кадастры: официальный REE-проход 2026-06-02
Редкоземельные элементы: Африка, Азия и СНГ, проход 2026-06-02
Approximate mine reference in the Vanrhynsdorp / Western Cape area. Needs a cleaner mine-footprint source in the next pass.
Underground in-situ average grade
Steenkampskraal states an underground in-situ average grade of 14.5% RoM.

Tanbreez Rare Earth Project
eudialyte, zirconium, yttrium, heavy rare earths
Eudialyte-bearing peralkaline intrusive complex in southern Greenland.
Greenland HREE/Zr project with official project-location source.

Yangibana Rare Earth Project
monazite, neodymium, praseodymium, rare earth concentrate
REE-bearing ironstone dykes in the Gascoyne region.
Advanced NdPr-rich rare earth project in Western Australia.

Avila / Las Mercedes Pedernales REE
bauxite-hosted rare earths, lateritic rare earths, lanthanides
REE-bearing karst bauxites/lateritic aluminiferous deposits in Sierra de Bahoruco and the Avila fiscal mining reserve.
Dominican state REE exploration focus around Pedernales bauxite deposits.
Ministerio de Energia y Minas RD: sondeos proyecto Tierras Raras Pedernales
Presidencia RD: tierras raras en Reserva Minera Avila, Pedernales
state exploration / early-stage reserve evaluation

Dong Pao REE Deposit
rare earth elements, bastnaesite, fluorite, barite
Large REE-bearing district in northwest Vietnam with ore bodies and weathered crust mineralization described in Dong Pao studies.
One of Vietnam's best-known REE districts and a key paper-backed locality for orebody geometry and regional coordinates.
Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences: Dong Pao rare earth deposit paper
Геологические статьи и техотчёты: точные координаты 2026-06-02
Centroid of the coordinate envelope reported in the paper: approximately 22°17'–22°31'N and 103°32'–103°35'E.

Fen Carbonatite Complex
Carbonatite complex with rare earth mineralization in Telemark.
Norwegian carbonatite REE target with geological survey and project coverage.
Rare Earths Norway: Fen Carbonatite Complex
Geological Survey of Norway: Fen deposit facts

Grand-Fougeray / La Monnerie monazite placer
Alluvial/nodular grey monazite derived from Ordovician black shales in Brittany.
Best documented French grey-monazite placer; modest tonnage but geologically important.
EuRare: France rare earth element deposits
Espace des sciences: Des terres rares en Bretagne
BRGM: Ressources minerales, les terres rares
known deposit; modest tonnage and no current mine

Manomo ferrocarbonatite REE occurrence
carbonatite rare earths, light rare earths, niobium, thorium
Ferrocarbonatite-style REE target in the Bolivian Precambrian shield; currently a prospecting/evaluation target.
Bolivian REE potential highlighted in local Spanish-language geological/mining coverage.
SERGEOMIN Bolivia: prospeccion geologica de minerales de tierras raras

Matamulas / Rematamulas REE deposit
grey monazite, neodymium, praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum
Grey monazite-bearing REE occurrence in Campo de Montiel, between Torrenueva and Torre de Juan Abad.
Spanish REE project area repeatedly assessed and rejected environmentally, but still a named resource target.
Cadena SER: Matamulas tierras raras Campo de Montiel
EJAtlas: Proyecto de tierras raras en Ciudad Real

Per Geijer REE Deposit
Apatite iron ore and REE-bearing mineralization near the Kiruna mining district.
Large reported European REE-bearing mineral resource near Kiruna.
LKAB: Per Geijer mineral resource increase

Rodeo de los Molles REE Deposit
REE-Th-U deposit in the Sierra de San Luis; Argentine SEGEMAR record lists it as tierras raras.
Key named Argentine REE deposit with exact SEGEMAR database coordinates.
SEGEMAR: Rodeo de los Molles, tierras raras
SEGEMAR reference: El yacimiento de tierras raras, torio y uranio Rodeo de Los Molles

San Ramon / Junin REE occurrence
REE-bearing clays associated with the San Ramon pluton, reported by INGEMMET project GE36A9-T02.
Recent Peruvian geological-service REE discovery in Junin.
INGEMMET: hallazgo de Tierras Raras en Junin
INGEMMET: Potencial geologico de REE en el centro del Peru

Storkwitz REE Deposit
Carbonatite-related light rare earth occurrence near Delitzsch.
Germany's best-known named REE deposit and a central European benchmark occurrence.

Tomtor REE Deposit
Very large REE-Nb carbonatite-related deposit in northern Yakutia.
World-class Arctic REE-Nb locality appearing consistently in official global REE compilations.
USGS OFR 02-189: Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
Геологические статьи и техотчёты: точные координаты 2026-06-02
USGS locality reference for the Tomtor deposit area.

Gakara REE Project
rare earth elements, bastnaesite, monazite, NdPr
Vein-hosted and breccia-hosted REE system linked to a broader carbonatite province in western Burundi.
High-grade REE project that was Africa's only producer when operating and is now on care and maintenance.
Technical Report on the Gakara REE Project, Burundi
Геологические статьи и техотчёты: точные координаты 2026-06-02
Centroid derived from the southwest and northeast corner coordinates reported for the mining licence area in the technical report.
Breccia exploration target high case
Upper case of Rainbow's breccia-hosted exploration target.
Breccia exploration target low case
Rainbow reports a lower-grade breccia exploration target of 252,000 to 342,000 tonnes at 1.0% to 1.5% TREO.
High-grade vein exploration target high case
Upper case of Rainbow's high-grade vein-hosted exploration target.
High-grade vein exploration target low case
Rainbow reports an initial exploration target for high-grade vein-hosted mineralisation of 262,000 to 375,000 tonnes at 7.0% to 12.0% TREO.