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Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya Gem Fields

Sri Lanka's Nuwara Eliya mining region (Tea Country) is located north-east of Adams Peak (2224m) in the northern part of Sabaragamuwa province Nuwara-Eliya District. The high mountainous Nuwara Eliya region of Sri Lanka (1806m) is famous for its tea plantations.

Small-scale gem mining, or "gemming" in Sri Lanka is accomplished via hand-dug pit-mines, excavating alluvial secondary deposits within gem-bearing river gravels that lay beneath the terraced rice paddies.

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