VN Gemstones found here: Vietnam
3 deposits listed · 4 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Ham Rong Gia Lai Basalt Fields · peridot
Central Highlands basalt plateaus yield over 100 kg of peridot monthly since 1990s discoveries — GIA recognizes Vietnam as an impo…
Luc Yen District · ruby
The An Phu market trades cobalt-blue and hot-pink spinels found since 1983 in marble hills — Vietnamese cobalt spinel is among the…
Quy Chau Ruby Fields · ruby
Ruby discovery of 1987 in Nghe An province that sparked Vietnam's corundum boom; fine pigeon-blood crystals from marble are museum…