Travel Blog Photos from Mapatizya (9)
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![]() | Mapatizya, Zambia |
In the hilly Mapatizya region of southern Zambia amethyst, the purple, semi-precious gem, is so common that it litters the ground. Below the earth veins of amethyst run deep and erratic, like tree roots, making it harder to mine than copper or other ...
... Minerals guest house around 8 pm Sunday night. The mine is in at the end of the dirt road just outside a tiny town called Mapatizya. Most of its residents still live in the small round grass roofed huts; but, the guest house we stayed in way palatial by ...
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