Country origin record

Zambia

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.

Current production

Amethyst

Published locality records document this gemstone within the country.

Current production verified in at least one locality

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Evidence[2]

Documented occurrence

Emerald

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

Kafubu Emerald District

A major schist-hosted Emerald reference population in Zambia.

EmeraldOpen record

Gemstone district

Zambia Amethyst Producing Regions

Zambian government statistics document national Amethyst production for 2024.

AmethystOpen 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]
Sudarat Saeseaw, Nathan D. Renfro, Aaron C. Palke, Ziyin Sun, and Shane F. McClure. Geographic Origin Determination of Emerald.
Gems & Gemology · 2019
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[2]
Annual Mining Statistical Bulletin 2024.
Republic of Zambia, Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development · 2026
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