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Crystal map

The world map of crystals

Tap a country to discover the stones that come from it. The origins shown are the main known deposits of each stone.

Written by Camille G., founder of Loch Ness · updated November 12, 2026

Tap a coloured country

Other countries

30Brazil 16United States 16India 10South Africa 13Madagascar 7Russia 9Mexico 5Namibia 5Canada 4Afghanistan 9China 7Australia 4Italy

One stone can come from several countries. The origins shown are the main known deposits, not necessarily those of the beads in our bracelets.

Our guides

Where do stones come from? Deposits and formationHow the stones in your bracelets form and where their great deposits are: Afghan lapis lazuli, Uruguayan amethyst, larimar and charoite, two stones from a single deposit… A sourced guide.Mineralogy explainedCrystallography, chemistry, optics, gemmology… The main fields of mineralogy explained simply, using the stones in our bracelets as examples.Natural, dyed or heated? The guide to telling them apartHeated citrine, dyed howlite, stabilised turquoise, hematine: the common treatments of bracelet beads, what French law says, and 5 simple checks.