Country origin record

Vietnam

Country record supporting sourced Batch 1 gemstone locations.

Evidence statusPublished & sourcedLast reviewed August 17, 2026

Overview Gem relationships Sources

Evidence-backed overview

A country in the gemstone graph

Country record supporting sourced Batch 1 gemstone locations.

Bidirectional relationships

Documented gemstones

Occurrence and production are separate claims. A production label is date-bounded and does not guarantee quality, origin determination, or market value.

Major source

Spinel

Published locality records document this gemstone within the country.

Production not assessed

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Evidence[2]

Documented occurrence

Tourmaline

Published locality records document this gemstone within the country.

Production not assessed

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Evidence[1]

Within this country

Published places

Gemstone district

Luc Yen Gem District

Gem district known for spinel and corundum, including cobalt-bearing blue and purple spinel.

SpinelOpen record

Gemstone district

Luc Yen Tourmaline District

Luc Yen produces chemically and visually diverse Tourmaline in pegmatite and metamorphic settings.

TourmalineOpen record

Evidence ledger

Sources & verification

Sources are deduplicated across the geographic record. Current-production claims receive explicit review dates; a map point never substitutes for geological or production evidence.

[1]
An Update on Tourmaline from Luc Yen, Vietnam.
Gems & Gemology · 2017
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[2]
Philippe M. Belley and Aaron C. Palke. Purple Gem Spinel from Vietnam and Afghanistan: Comparison of Trace Element Chemistry, Cause of Color, and Inclusions.
Gems & Gemology · 2021
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