GL Gemstones found here: Greenland
3 deposits listed · 3 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Nuuk Fjord Nuummite Quarries · nuummite
Source of Earth's oldest gemstone - nearly 3-billion-year-old black amphibolite flashing golden iridescence, marketed since 1983.…
Tugtup Agtakôrfia Mine · tugtupite
The Ilimaussaq complex outcrop that gave tugtupite its name - Greenland's fluorescent pink love-stone, worked intermittently since…
Aappaluttoq Mine · ruby
The world's northernmost ruby mine opened commercially in 2016 in Archean gneiss. Pinkish-red Greenlandic rubies carry full proven…