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Localities Map

Localities for Sapphire. Show all mapped localities.

Sapphire — Padder Valley, Kashmir, India Sapphire — Ratnapura, Sri Lanka Sapphire — Ilakaka, Madagascar Sapphire — Yogo Gulch, USA Sapphire — Bo Phloi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Sapphire — Anakie–Rubyvale, Australia

6 mapped localities for Sapphire · approximate positions, famous for fine specimens.

SapphirePadder Valley, KashmirIndia · The legendary ‘cornflower’ blues, mined briefly in the 1880s
SapphireRatnapuraSri Lanka · Gem gravels worked for two thousand years
SapphireIlakakaMadagascar · The 1998 strike that reshaped the world market
SapphireYogo GulchUSA · Naturally cornflower-blue; needs no heat
SapphireBo Phloi, KanchanaburiThailand · Basalt-related blue sapphire fields
SapphireAnakie–RubyvaleAustralia · Vast basalt-carried sapphire fields