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Gem mine in Sri Lanka
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    Posted 10 years ago

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    Peasejean55
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    A Gem Mine in Sri Lanka. I Thought I'd put this on this forum. The area is very close to were the Tsunami was in 2004, in Sri Lanka, there was Approx 60,000 people died in this natural devastation. I will put another posting on this mine.
    The first and second photos are of the winch and pit were people are tunnelling for the gems. The third photo is of a man panning for the stones. The fourth is of the stones that have been mined. There are Amethyst, Moonstones, Citrine, Peridot, Garnets, Black Spinel and Sapphires

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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      beautiful!!!
    2. DrFluffy DrFluffy, 10 years ago
      So sad what happened with the Tsunami... I love all the gems in the last photo...
    3. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Interesting post, thanks for sharing!
    4. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 10 years ago
      Many thanks CindB, SEAN, DrFluffy and Elisabethan for great comments and love.
    5. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 10 years ago
      Many thanks
      aghcollect
      vetraio
      Manikin
      Rustfarm
      blunderbuss
      walksoftly
      pe-collector
    6. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 10 years ago
      Many thanks
      Elisabethan

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