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- Akchatau, Kazakhstan · mineral · Permission required
- Akenobe tin mine · mineral · Restricted
- Almalyk Cu-Au, Uzbekistan · mineral · Permission required
- Altyn-Tyube / Kentau Pb-Zn · mineral · Permission required
- Anarak / Nain (Iran) manganese-copper · mineral · Permission required
- Angouran zinc mine · mineral · Restricted
- Arakawa / Osarizawa Mine, Akita, Japan · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ashio Mine, Tochigi · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Baguio / Benguet gold, Philippines · gold · Permission required
- Bakyrchik gold, Kazakhstan · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Ban Houayxai, Bokeo, Laos · gem · Permission required
- Ban Tak petrified forest park · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Bangka Island tin placers · mineral · Restricted
- Bastar tin-pegmatites, Chhattisgarh · mineral · Permission required
- Batu Hijau mine, Sumbawa · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Bawdwin mines · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Belitung tin fields and satam tektites · mineral · Gray area
- Besshi copper mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Beutong idocrase and nephrite, Nagan Raya · gem · Gray area
- Bigadic borate, Balikesir, Turkey · mineral · Permission required
- Bihar mica belt (Gaya) · mineral · Permission required
- Bo Keo (Ratanakiri), Cambodia · gem · Permission required
- Bo Keo / Ban Huai Sai zircon, Laos · gem · Permission required
- Bong Mieu gold mines · gold · Restricted
- Camlidere petrified forest · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Changhua / Tianhuang (Fujian) soapstone · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Chanthaburi / Bo Rai sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Chanthaburi / Bo Rai sapphire-ruby · gem · Permission required
- Chiatura manganese plateau · mineral · Restricted
- Chichibu mine, Nakatsugawa · mineral · Restricted
- Chikiani obsidian mountain · mineral · Gray area
- Choghart iron mine, Bafq · mineral · Restricted
- Chuncheon nephrite mine · gem · Restricted
- Daha kyanite occurrence · mineral · Gray area
- Dak Nong / Central Highlands sapphire · gem · Permission required
- De'an (Dean) fluorite mine, Jiangxi · mineral · Permission required
- Didipio gold-copper mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Dinagat chromite and nickel laterites · mineral · Restricted
- Dulan blue chalcedony diggings · gem · Gray area
- Elahera gem field · gem · Permission required
- Erdenet Cu-Mo porphyry · mineral · Permission required
- Ergani copper mine · mineral · Restricted
- Faynan copper district · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ganesh Himal (Chilime) quartz, Nepal · crystal · Gray area
- Ganesh Himal quartz · crystal · Permission required
- Gaurdak sulfur and celestine mines · mineral · Restricted
- Gedabek gold-copper mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Geumjeong / Korean amethyst (Eonyang) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Golcuk / Isparta (Turkey) volcanic minerals · mineral · Gray area
- Golmud Kunlun jade belt · gem · Restricted
- Goseong dinosaur track coast · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Grasberg district, Papua · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Gubong gold mine · gold · Restricted
- Gumushane silver district · mineral · Gray area
- Gutansar obsidian dome · mineral · Gray area
- Hakel, Lebanon · fossil · Permission required
- Hami gobi agate fields · agate · Gray area
- Harrat Kishb peridot field · gem · Restricted
- Heinda tin mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Helan inkstone quarries · mineral · Restricted
- Hitachi mine · mineral · Restricted
- Hjoula, Lebanon · fossil · Permission required
- Hjoula: Cretaceous fish fossil quarries · fossil · Permission required
- Hormuz rainbow island · mineral · Gray area
- Huanggang skarn, Inner Mongolia · mineral · Permission required
- Huqf desert fossil exposures · fossil · Gray area
- Hutti gold mines · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Hyakule / Taplejung (Nepal) aquamarine · gem · Gray area
- Ichinokawa Mine, Ehime (stibnite) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ikuno silver mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ingichka, Uzbekistan · mineral · Permission required
- Ioujima / Naoshima? no - Inakuraishi Mine, Hokkaido (inesite) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Iscehisar marble quarries · mineral · Permission required
- Iwami Ginzan silver mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Jambi blue amber mines · amber · Permission required
- Jegdalek ruby · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Jegdalek ruby-spinel mines · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Jinguashi gold district · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Kabwe (Broken Hill) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Kahatagaha graphite mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Kalba Range, Kazakhstan · mineral · Permission required
- Kali Gandaki shaligram (ammonite), Nepal · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Kalimantan (Borneo) diamond, Martapura · gem · Permission required
- Kanchanaburi sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Kara-Oba tungsten deposit · crystal · Gray area
- Karangsambung geological reserve · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Karur / Kangayam corundum-sapphire, Tamil Nadu · gem · Permission required
- Kasiruta bacan chrysocolla · gem · Permission required
- Keban lead-zinc-silver mines · mineral · Gray area
- Kechaldag obsidian, Kelbajar · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Kharan / Chagai (Balochistan) copper-gold porphyry · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Khoratpithecus... Phu Kradueng dinosaur sites (Thailand, protected) · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Kinta Valley tin field · mineral · Gray area
- Kiura mining district · mineral · Gray area
- Kizilcahamam geopark badlands · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Kizilcaoren fluorite-bastnasite, Turkey · mineral · Permission required
- Klawing River pancawarna, Purbalingga · agate · Gray area
- Klian Intan tin mine · mineral · Restricted
- Kodarma (Koderma) mica belt, Jharkhand · mineral · Permission required
- Koktokay (Keketuohai) No.3 pegmatite, Altai · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kolar Gold Fields · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Kosaka kuroko mines · mineral · Restricted
- Kounrad (Konyrat) Cu porphyry, Balkhash · mineral · Permission required
- Koytendag dinosaur plateau · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Kuh-e Namak salt dome, Qom · mineral · Gray area
- Kukhilal (Kukh-i-Lal) spinel mine, Pamir · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kumdy-Kol, Kazakhstan · mineral · Permission required
- Kumtor gold mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Kunar pegmatites (tourmaline, morganite) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Kutahya / Emet borate deposits, Turkey · mineral · Permission required
- Laiyang dinosaur beds · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Landak River diamond gravels · gem · Gray area
- Lapsa Buru kyanite belt · mineral · Gray area
- Lebong Tandai gold workings · gold · Gray area
- Lepanto mine, Mankayan · mineral · Restricted
- Letpadaung copper mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Luc Yen ruby-spinel field, Yen Bai · gem · Permission required
- Luc Yen ruby/spinel · gem · Permission required
- Lyangar scheelite skarn · mineral · Gray area
- Maddhapara hard rock mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Madneuli copper-gold mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mainpur diamond field, Payalikhand · gem · Restricted
- Makhtesh Ramon, Israel · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Mamut copper mine · mineral · Gray area
- Mangyshlak / Ustyurt ammonite steppes (Kazakhstan) · fossil · Gray area
- Masara gold mine, Maco · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Masirah Island jasper coast · agate · Gray area
- Mawchi tin-tungsten mines · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Mawi / Laghman pegmatite · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Mehdiabad zinc deposit · mineral · Restricted
- Mikasa ammonite rivers · fossil · Gray area
- Mleiha fossil rock area · fossil · Restricted
- Mong Hsu ruby · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Mong Hsu ruby mines, Shan State · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Mount Arteni obsidian flows · mineral · Gray area
- Mount Diwata (Diwalwal), Davao de Oro, Philippines · mineral · Permission required
- Murgul copper mine · mineral · Restricted
- Muruntau gold, Uzbekistan · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Muslim Bagh chromite, Balochistan · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Naegi / Toki (Gifu) topaz, Japan · gem · Gray area
- Nammoura, Lebanon · fossil · Permission required
- Narmada River agate gravels · agate · Gray area
- Nemrut caldera obsidian · mineral · Gray area
- Neyshabur (Nishapur) turquoise mines, Iran · gem · Permission required
- Nuristan pegmatites · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Nuristan pegmatites (tourmaline, kunzite) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Obira Mine, Oita (pyrargyrite/stibnite) · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Ohya (Oya) / Utsunomiya zeolites · crystal · Gray area
- Okkampitiya gem field · gem · Permission required
- Okvau gold mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Oltu: black jet workshops of Erzurum · mineral · Clean
- Orapa / Jwaneng (Botswana diamond) · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Orissa (Odisha) iolite / alexandrite belt · gem · Permission required
- Otome Mine / Yamanashi (Japan-law twin quartz) · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au, South Gobi · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Pailin sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Pailin, Cambodia · gem · Permission required
- Pamir (Rangkul) clinohumite / scapolite · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Panjshir Valley emerald mines · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Panjshir emerald · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Panna diamond · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Paracale, Camarines Norte, Philippines · mineral · Permission required
- Penjween ophiolite chromite · mineral · Restricted
- Phang Nga tin fields · mineral · Gray area
- Phontiou tin mines · mineral · Restricted
- Phu Wiang dinosaur beds · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Pilok tin-tungsten mines · mineral · Gray area
- Pingtouling mine · mineral · Restricted
- Quy Chau ruby, Nghe An · gem · Permission required
- Rajmahal Traps, Jharkhand · crystal · Gray area
- Ranong tin district · mineral · Gray area
- Ridder polymetallic mines · mineral · Restricted
- Ruseifa phosphate fossil beds · fossil · Gray area
- Salem / Tamil Nadu magnesite-corundum · mineral · Permission required
- Sangiran fossil beds · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Sar Cheshmeh copper mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli mines, Badakhshan · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Sarikamis obsidian flows · mineral · Gray area
- Semizbugu corundum locality · mineral · Gray area
- Sepon mine, Vilabouly · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Shahr-e Babak turquoise mines · gem · Restricted
- Sitampundi anorthosite / corundum, Tamil Nadu · mineral · Permission required
- Siwalik Hills fossils, Pakistan/India · fossil · Gray area
- Sotk gold mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Spiti Valley ammonites, Himachal Pradesh · fossil · Gray area
- Sukabumi / Garut opal, Indonesia · opal · Gray area
- Sumjam sapphire mines, Padder · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Sungun Cu porphyry, East Azerbaijan, Iran · mineral · Permission required
- Surigao nickel-chromite, Philippines · mineral · Permission required
- T'boli small-scale goldfields · gold · Restricted
- Takatori tungsten mine · mineral · Restricted
- Tan Huong ruby mine · gem · Restricted
- Tavan Tolgoi / Nemegt fossil basin · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Tekeli lead-zinc district · mineral · Gray area
- Timna Park: ancient copper mines and Eilat stone · mineral · Restricted
- Timna, Israel · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Tinh Tuc tin mine · mineral · Restricted
- Tirodi manganese mines · mineral · Permission required
- Toledo copper mines, Cebu · mineral · Restricted
- Tongbei / Yunxiao fluorite · crystal · Prohibited / view only
- Tongbei / Yunxiao, Fujian (fluorite-mica) · mineral · Permission required
- Toroku / Kyushu (Japan) arsenic · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Tosham Hill · mineral · Gray area
- Trat / Bo Rai ruby fields · gem · Permission required
- Trenggalek chalcedony hills · agate · Gray area
- Trivandrum chrysoberyl gravels · gem · Permission required
- Tulungagung marble and onyx district · mineral · Permission required
- Uhangri dinosaur tracksite · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Ulu Sokor gold mine · gold · Restricted
- Uludag tungsten mine · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Vasilkovskoye gold mine · gold · Prohibited / view only
- Wadi Jizzi ancient copper district · mineral · Gray area
- Wellawaya gem fields · gem · Licensed / permit
- West Java (Pacitan/Wonogiri) agate, Indonesia · agate · Gray area
- Wuning (Wushan) stibnite, Jiangxi · mineral · Permission required
- Wynad goldfields · gold · Gray area
- Xihuashan tungsten mine · mineral · Restricted
- Xilinhot / Dalad agate, Inner Mongolia (Gobi) · agate · Gray area
- Xuan Le aquamarine field · crystal · Gray area
- Xunke beihong agate grounds · agate · Restricted
- Yanahara pyrite mine · mineral · Restricted
- Yeonhwa lead-zinc mine · mineral · Restricted
- Zambales, Philippines · mineral · Permission required
- Zarshuran gold-arsenic deposit · mineral · Restricted
- Zhezkazgan (Dzhezkazgan) Cu deposit · mineral · Permission required
- Zhoukoudian (Peking Man), China · fossil · Prohibited / view only