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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
Diamond 4313, 7035 East Sinai Maata Just north of Ed Daba 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