IN Gemstones found here: India
11 deposits listed · 12 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Kashmir Sapphire Mines · sapphire
Discovered after an 1882 landslide in the Padar Himalaya, worked out within decades. Velvety cornflower blue from ultra-fine rutil…
Kathiawar Bloodstone Belt · bloodstone
The classical heliotrope source praised by Pliny — Kathiawar peninsula green chalcedony with red spots served Christian relic carv…
Khambhat Onyx Workshops · onyx
Cambay has processed carnelian and onyx for 4000 years — Indus Valley beads traveled Mesopotamian trade routes; heat treatment mas…
Kollur Golconda Mines · diamond
The only diamond source known to the ancient world: Hope Diamond, Koh-i-Noor, Orlov and Great Mogul all came from Krishna river al…
Jaipur-Rajasthan Garnet Belt · garnet
Aravalli range mines feed Jaipur's centuries-old cutting industry with deep red almandine-pyrope — India remains the volume heartl…
Mysore Aventurine Quarries · aventurine
Indian green aventurine quarries dominate global tumbled-stone supply; dense fuchsite glitter makes Mysore material the standard h…
Dumka Jharkhand Moonstone · moonstone
Bengal-region diggings yield brown-bodied moonstone with strong blue sheen plus cat's-eye varieties feeding Jaipur carving worksho…
Kangeyam Sunstone Fields · sunstone
Tamil Nadu's copper-bearing sunstone locality discovered in 2005 near Kangeyam - India's answer to Oregon sunstone with vivid shil…
Karur Beryl Fields · aquamarine
Tamil Nadu pegmatite gravels flood Asian markets with affordable sky-blue aquamarine; massive etched crystals from Karur feed carv…
Kerala Chrysoberyl-Sapphire Belt · sapphire
Alluvial chrysoberyl cat's-eyes and green sapphires panned along Kerala's rivers near Thiruvananthapuram.…
Kodarma Tamil Nadu Iolite · iolite
Indian mica-belt diggings produce deep-violet iolite in quantity — the historic source for Jaipur's "water sapphire" trade since M…