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Sikait-Zabara Mines

Historic mine Notable deposit Responsible sourcing

📍 Eastern Desert, Egypt  ·  24.9500°, 34.8500°

Cleopatra's emerald mines — Ptolemaic and Roman workings in the Mons Smaragdus desert, abandoned after Spanish colonial Colombian imports crashed prices. Ruins and Greek graffiti survive.

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