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BACKGROUNDER
Gem stones in the country occur in the following locations in different States. This data is available in the National Mineral Inventory (NMI) prepared by India Bureau of Mines, a subordinate office under the administrative control of Ministry of Mines.
Gem
Stones
Location
Corundum
Anantpur, Khammam in Andhra Pradesh.
Bangalore, Bellary, Chtradurga, Coorg, Gulbarga, Hassan, Mandhya, Mysore, Tumkur, Raichur in Karnataka.
Dantewara in Chhattisgarh. Kannur in Kerala. Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh. Bhandara in Maharashtra. Khasi Hills West in Meghalaya.
Tonk in Rajasthan.
Diamond
Anantpur, Guntur, Krishna, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Mahboobnagar, Nellore, Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh.
Panna in Madhya Pradesh. Raipur, Raigarh, Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. Sambalpur in Orissa. Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
Sapphire
Godavari West in Andhra Pradesh. Doda in Jammu & Kashmir.
Hassan in Karnataka. Thiruvananthpuram in Kerala. Karur in Tamil Nadu.
Emerald
Ajmer, Rajasamand, Udaipur in Rajasthan.
Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
Rubby
Bellary, Chikmaglur, Tumkur in Karnataka.
Kalahandi, Rayagada in Orissa
Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi: Vaisakha 27, 1927 / May 17, 2005
Ministry of Mines & Minerals
DS/SCH
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