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This article is about the (non-cuttable) gems primarily produced from ore and sand mines. See also Cuttable Gems. Gems in Egypt come in different varieties and sizes.

Gem Types

Historically, every mine in a region provides the same gem. Please list the region you find any of the gems in below:

  • Diamond - Abydos, Ammonium, East Sinai, Faiyum, Meroe Desert, Philae, Suez,
  • Emerald - Akhetaton, Damot, Giza, Hamim, Pwenet, Red Sea, Swenett, Western Desert,
  • Opal - Asyut, Dunqul Oasis, East Kush, Elephantine, Gebel, Lahun, West Sinai,
  • Quartz - Arabia , Arsinoe, Buhen, Blue Nile, Herakleopolis, , Nabta Playa, Nubia, South Sinai,
  • Ruby - Bahariya Oasis, Bernike, Blemmyes, Hermopolis, Napata, Zau ,
  • Sapphire - Bitter Lakes, Cyrene, Kerma, Kharga Oasis, Thebes, Timna, Upper Egypt,
  • Topaz - Axum, Dakhla Oasis, Meshwesh Delta, Naqada, Wadi Natrun, West Kush, White Nile,

Gem Sizes

  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large
  • Huge

Sources

Obtained from Ore and Sand Mines throughout Egypt. Also randomly produced much less efficiently by Water Mines

See Maps/Public Mines for a map of most public (sand) mines.

Public Sand Mines

Gem Type Coords Region Sponsored By Notes
Diamond 450, -3070 Philae Dreger 1170 coords from VoQ cs
Diamond 1493, 2797 Abydos blondie 920 coords from cs AVARIS
Diamond -1430, -7075 Meroe Desert Lukeera 1456 coords from MEROE Cs
Diamond -2105, 4432 Ammonium Vixsin/blondie near gypsum dig site, 908 coords from Kahun cs
Emerald 805, 6534 Giza Ledge 417 coords from Tanis cs
Emerald 1815, 1530 Red Sea ? 468 coords from Avaris cs
Emerald 1997, 1870 Red Sea Haiden 136 coords from Avaris cs
Emerald 15, 2451 Akhetaton blondie 1966 coords from Avaris cs
Emerald -2261, 6419 Hamim blondie 1896 coords from Kahun cs
Emerald 2900, -1430 Damot Qwu 410 coords from Sharuhen cs
Opal 3678, 6863 W Sinai BH 660 coords from TED cs
Opal 1836, 2262 Asyut Al-Bilal 291 coords from Avaris cs
Opal -2026, 3508 Dunqul Oasis Snaik/blondie 1494 coords from Avaris cs
Opal 3352,3772 Gebel Snaik/blondie 991 coords from Taba cs
Opal 1535, -4155 East Kush CavalierFool 600(ish) coords from VoQ cs 30 coords from topaz mine
Quartz 4866,1041 Arabia ? 2835 coords from Sharuhen cs
Quartz 1059, -7152 Nubia ? 1041 coords from Meroe cs
Quartz 3160, 4755 South Sinai Al-Bilal 110 coords from Taba cs
Quartz 138, -6943 Blue Nile Lukeera 146 coords from Meroe cs
Quartz -1371, 4813 Nabta Playa Vixsin/blondie 97 coords from Kahun cs
Quartz 1887, 6218 Arsinoe Estaar 1115 coords from Tanis cs
Quartz -1777,893 Buhen Vixsin/blondie 2484 coords from Dukki Gel cs
Quartz 711,5536 Herakleopolis tehm/blondie 1395 coords from Tanis cs
Ruby 3376, -832 Bernike ? 493 coords from Sharuhen cs
Ruby 3400, -3240 Blemmyes Lukeera? 2271 coords from Sharuhen cs
Ruby 3799, -5351 Blemmyes LadyBug 269 coords from Sheba cs
Ruby -2195, 6374 Bahariya Oasis blondie 1823 coords from Kahun cs
Ruby 2747, -1031 Bernike 173 coords from Sharuhen cs
Sapphire 4319, 6152 Timna BH 658 coords from TED cs
Sapphire 552, 1121 Thebes Shikari 1622 coords from Avaris cs
Sapphire 2005, -1333 Upper Egypt Sorafine 967 coords from Sharuhen cs
Sapphire 609, -1841 Upper Egypt Haiden Next to Limestone ; 223 coords from Koptos cs
Sapphire 1013, -1484 Upper Egypt Minerva approx 397 coords from Koptos CS
Sapphire 2713, -1314 Upper Egypt ? 360 coords from Sharuhen cs
Sapphire -1359, -1371 Kerma Vixsin/ blondie 181 coords from Dukki Gel cs
Sapphire 9, 2551 Kharga Oasis blondie 1998 coords from Avaris cs
Sapphire -756, 7472 Cyrene Sadvak 1852 coords from Tanis cs
Sapphire 2080, 7186 Bitter Lakes Vixsin/ blondie 1112 coords from Tanis cs
Topaz 4018, -6065 Axum Nitocris 493 coords from Sheba cs
Topaz 2179, 2227 Naqada Maata 351 coords from Avaris cs
Topaz 1026, -4138 West Kush (VoQ) KaPoW 96 coords from VoQ cs
Topaz -1786, 990 Dakhla Oasis Vixsin/blondie 2581 coords from Dukki Gel cs
Topaz 1100, 6737 Meshwesh Delta Vixsin 189 coords from Tanis cs
Topaz 1495, -4152 Western Kush CavalierFool 600(ish) coords from VoQ cs 30 coords from Opal Mine

Uses

COPIED FROM T8, may have changed

Quartz

Ruby

Topaz

Emerald

Sapphire

Diamond

Opal