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Rockhounding in More of Africa
218 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Abu Dabbab tantalum-beryl deposit · mineral · Restricted
- Adamawa sapphire fields, Cameroon · gem · Gray area
- Adola goldfield · gold · Permission required
- Afar / Dallol (Ethiopia) sulphur and salt · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Afema gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Ahafo gold mine district · gold · Restricted
- Akjoujt, Mauritania · mineral · Permission required
- Akwatia diamond fields (Ghana) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Ambatofinandrahana quartz and amazonite (Madagascar) · crystal · Gray area
- Ambatondrazaka / Didy sapphire and emerald (Madagascar) · gem · Gray area
- Ambositra / Antsirabe petrified wood (Madagascar) · fossil · Gray area
- Andilamena ruby (Madagascar) · gem · Gray area
- Andranondambo sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Antsetsy / Ambatovy nickel-cobalt (Madagascar) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Antsla / Ilesha (Nigeria emerald and beryl) · gem · Gray area
- Ardoukoba lava fields · mineral · Gray area
- Ariab gold district · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Aris quarry (Namibia) rare minerals · mineral · Gray area
- Arusha: tanzanite buy lane for the Mererani mines · gem · Clean
- Augaro goldfields · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Azegour mine · mineral · Gray area
- Banankoro diamond field · gem · Permission required
- Baomahun gold camp · gold · Permission required
- Barberton greenstone / Sheba gold (South Africa) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Baringo / West Pokot (Kenya ruby) · gem · Gray area
- Bekily / Tranomaro (Madagascar) garnet and phlogopite · gem · Gray area
- Bibiani gold belt · gold · Restricted
- Bisha mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Boekenhouthoek amethyst diggings · crystal · Permission required
- Bomi Hills iron mines · mineral · Gray area
- Bonikro gold district · gold · Restricted
- Bougouni pegmatites, Mali · gem · Gray area
- Boujdour / Sahrawi phosphate fossils (Morocco/W. Sahara) · fossil · Gray area
- Boulhaut / Sidi Amor (Tunisia celestine) · mineral · Gray area
- Buhweju goldfield · gold · Permission required
- Busia gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Butihinda gold zone · gold · Gray area
- Cassinga iron district · mineral · Gray area
- Chami artisanal gold zone · gold · Licensed / permit
- Chilwa Island carbonatite · mineral · Gray area
- Chimwadzulu Hill (Malawi ruby/sapphire) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Chimwadzulu Ruby & Sapphire, Malawi · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Chirano gold mine area · gold · Restricted
- Chott el Djerid desert roses · mineral · Open / legal
- Colluli potash · mineral · Restricted
- Cuamba / Marrupa garnet and aquamarine (Mozambique) · gem · Gray area
- Cuango valley diamond fields · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Djebel Debbagh · mineral · Permission required
- Djebel Ouenza (Algeria iron and calcite) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Dunkwa-on-Offin placer reaches · gold · Permission required
- Ejeda / Tulear (Madagascar) blue apatite and calcite · mineral · Gray area
- El Buur meerschaum diggings · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- El Hammam fluorite (Morocco) · mineral · Gray area
- Elandsfontein / West Coast fossil park (South Africa) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Ennedi plateau silica country · agate · Prohibited / view only
- Fianarantsoa / Ambatomena rose quartz (Madagascar) · crystal · Gray area
- Gakara rare earth veins · mineral · Restricted
- Gatumba pegmatite field · mineral · Permission required
- Gebel El-Zeit / Eastern Desert (quartz and gold) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Gebel Qatrani fossil beds · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Ghanzi ridge copper belt · mineral · Restricted
- Gibeon meteorite strewn field · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Great Dyke chromite (Zimbabwe) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Great Sand Sea glass margin (Libya) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Handeni / Kwavi (Tanzania) grossular and ruby · gem · Gray area
- Holle potash mines · mineral · Gray area
- Ianapera emerald zone · gem · Permission required
- Ilakaka sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Ilakaka sapphire fields (Madagascar) · gem · Gray area
- Ilakaka: sapphire boomtown on the RN7 · gem · Gray area
- Ity gold district · gold · Restricted
- Jagersfontein diamond mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Jbel Tirremi fluorite · mineral · Gray area
- Jos Plateau pegmatites · crystal · Permission required
- Jos Plateau pegmatites (Nigeria tourmaline) · gem · Gray area
- Jwaneng diamond mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kagem / Kafubu emerald · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kakamega goldfield · gold · Permission required
- Kangankunde REE Minerals, Malawi · mineral · Permission required
- Kansanshi mine · mineral · Restricted
- Kao diamond mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kaokoveld (Kaokoland) dioptase · mineral · Gray area
- Karoo Basin (South Africa) therapsid fossils · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Karoo Basin therapsid beds (Beaufort West / Graaff-Reinet) · fossil · Permission required
- Kassanda gold diggings · gold · Permission required
- Kayes region (Mali gold) · gold · Gray area
- Kayes region epidote-prehnite, Mali · mineral · Gray area
- Kedougou orpaillage corridors · gold · Licensed / permit
- Kenticha / Shakiso emerald and pegmatite (Ethiopia) · gem · Gray area
- Khorixas petrified forest · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Kilembe copper mine · mineral · Restricted
- Kilombero / Mahenge garnet (Tanzania) · gem · Gray area
- Kissidougou diamond gravels · gem · Permission required
- Koffiefontein diamond mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kokumbo hill gold workings · gold · Gray area
- Kolwezi malachite · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Komabangou goldfield · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Kombat mine (Namibia) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Kono alluvial diamond grounds · gem · Permission required
- Konongo gold camp · gold · Permission required
- Kouri Bougoudi gold zone · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Kwale mineral sands · mineral · Restricted
- Lake Assal salt banks · mineral · Gray area
- Langebaanweg 'E Quarry' (SA, protected) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Lefa gold district · gold · Restricted
- Liqhobong diamond mine · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Loliondo spessartine occurrence · gem · Gray area
- Longido ruby · gem · Permission required
- Longonjo carbonatite · mineral · Restricted
- Lucapa-Calonda gravels · gem · Restricted
- Lundazi / Mkushi aquamarine (Zambia) · gem · Gray area
- Lupa goldfield · gold · Permission required
- Mabayi gold zone · gold · Gray area
- Macalder-Migori gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Maevatanana / Betsiboka labradorite (Madagascar) · mineral · Gray area
- Maganzo diamond diggings · gem · Permission required
- Mahenge spinel · gem · Permission required
- Mahenge spinel deposits (Tanzania) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Mandena mineral sands · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mandrosonoro pegmatites · crystal · Permission required
- Manono-Kitotolo pegmatite (DR Congo) · gem · Gray area
- Marampa hematite mine · mineral · Restricted
- Marange diamond fields · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Masasi rhodolite fields · gem · Permission required
- Mashamba West / Kakanda (dioptase, Katanga) · mineral · Gray area
- Mayo Darlé, Cameroon · mineral · Gray area
- Mayoko / Franceville (Gabon) manganese and uranium · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mazowe gold district · gold · Permission required
- Mbuji-Mayi diamond fields · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Merti / Garba Tula (Kenya) agate and chalcedony · agate · Gray area
- Mfouati-Boko Songho mines · mineral · Gray area
- Miami / Mtoko (Zimbabwe) beryl and lepidolite · gem · Gray area
- Mindouli copper district · mineral · Gray area
- Moanda, Gabon · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Montepuez ruby mines (Mozambique) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Moroto marble quarries · mineral · Permission required
- Mounana, Gabon · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mount Malosa (Zomba) Minerals, Malawi · mineral · Permission required
- Mount Nimba strict reserve (Guinea) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mpanda mineral field · mineral · Permission required
- Mrima Hill · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mtoko / Karoi aquamarine pegmatites (Zimbabwe) · gem · Gray area
- Mulanje massif quartz · crystal · Permission required
- Mumbwa gold camps · gold · Permission required
- Musha-Ntunga cassiterite field · mineral · Permission required
- Nador / Beni Bou Ifrour (magnetite and hematite) · mineral · Gray area
- Nangodi gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Nasarawa / Keffi pegmatites (Nigeria) · gem · Gray area
- New Liberty gold district · gold · Restricted
- Ngualla rare earth hill · mineral · Restricted
- Nimba Range itabirite · mineral · Restricted
- Nioro / Bougouni pegmatites (Mali) · gem · Gray area
- Nkana / Roan Antelope Copperbelt (Zambia) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Nyakabingo tungsten mine · mineral · Restricted
- Odzi gold belt · gold · Permission required
- Okorusu fluorite (Namibia) · mineral · Gray area
- Omo / Awash hominid fossil beds (Ethiopia) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Onganja copper mines · mineral · Permission required
- Otjosondu manganese (Namibia) · mineral · Gray area
- Oyo / Ibadan area sapphire (Nigeria) · gem · Gray area
- Pala gold district · gold · Permission required
- Penhalonga gold valley · gold · Permission required
- Pilanesberg alkaline complex · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ribaue aquamarine pegmatites · crystal · Permission required
- Ruangwa / Songea sapphire (Tanzania) · gem · Gray area
- Rupa goldfields · gold · Permission required
- Rutongo tin mines · mineral · Restricted
- Sabodala gold mine area · gold · Restricted
- Sadiola / Yatela (Mali gold) · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Sahara / Erg Chech (meteorites and desert glass region) · mineral · Gray area
- Sakoany / Katsepy celestine geodes (Madagascar) · mineral · Gray area
- Sandaré, Mali · gem · Gray area
- Sandawana emerald mine (Zimbabwe) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Sarusas amethyst workings · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Seguela diamond field · gem · Permission required
- Sewa River diamond gravels · gem · Permission required
- Shamva gold district · gold · Permission required
- Siguiri gold district · gold · Permission required
- Sikait / Zabara (Cleopatra's emerald) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Simandou range iron · mineral · Restricted
- Simodi opal occurrence · opal · Gray area
- Somabula gravels (Zimbabwe) · gem · Gray area
- Souanke gold zone · gold · Permission required
- Spitzkoppe: community campsite and crystal sellers · crystal · Clean
- Sukari gold mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Sukulu carbonatite hills · mineral · Restricted
- Swakopmund: Kristall Galerie and gem scratch patch · crystal · Clean
- Taita / Tsavo tsavorite · gem · Permission required
- Taita Hills / Tsavo tsavorite (Kenya) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Tasiast gold mine area · gold · Restricted
- Tati goldfields · gold · Permission required
- Tazouta / Sefrou (Morocco) fluorite and calcite · mineral · Gray area
- Tongo diamond field · gem · Permission required
- Tortiya diamond gravels · gem · Permission required
- Touissit-Bou Beker (cerussite) · mineral · Gray area
- Tshikapa diamond gravels · gem · Gray area
- Tsumeb Mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Tsumeb mine (classic minerals) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Tunduru gem gravels (Tanzania) · gem · Gray area
- Turkana / Lake Turkana fossils (Kenya) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Uis: Brandberg mineral stalls and tin-town · mineral · Clean
- Umba Valley · gem · Permission required
- Umba Valley (Tanzania garnet and sapphire) · gem · Gray area
- Vohibory / Maniry demantoid (Madagascar) · gem · Gray area
- Wadi Allaqi gold country · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Wadi Hammamat stone quarries · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Wadi ash-Shati iron hills · mineral · Gray area
- Wadi el-Hudi (amethyst and beryl, Egypt) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Weasua diamond field · gem · Permission required
- Wegel Tena: Wollo opal district, buy-only · opal · Restricted
- Winza ruby and sapphire (Tanzania) · gem · Gray area
- Yaoure gold district · gold · Restricted
- Yubdo / Wollega platinum (Ethiopia) · mineral · Gray area
- Zabargad Island (St. John's Island peridot) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Zanaga iron prospect · mineral · Restricted
- Zimmi diamond gravels · gem · Permission required
- Zomba / Mount Malosa (Malawi) aegirine and zircon · mineral · Gray area
- Zouérat, Mauritania · mineral · Permission required