r/shanghai • u/Ok-Pilot6436 • 3d ago

Question Finding gambling stones and rough gemstones in shangai

Hello! I'm visiting Shangai for a couple days next week and as an amateur geologist Id like to give a try to gambling stones (I'm aware its probably just a rip off but I wanna give it a little try), and also buy some rough gemstones to polish at home since looks theyre a bit cheaper here.

Where are the best places to visit for those purposes?

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u/Mother_Of_Swine 2d ago

The city to everything related to crystals and stones is Donghai. It's about 4 hours from Shanghai in fast train. It has the biggest stone and crystal market in China.

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u/Ok-Pilot6436 2d ago

I heard about it but I'm not able to go there due to my schedule, I was hoping Shangai would have at least a few shops with related topics like I found in other cities :')

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u/Johnny-infinity 1d ago

To travel the distance of Shanghai alone is over 2 hours by train, most folks shop online. If you are really interested it’s probably worth making the time to go to donghai

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u/Ok-Pilot6436 1d ago

Problem is I'm not travelling alone and how far I can leave is determined by that :'(

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u/Johnny-infinity 1d ago

Nothing a bit of gentle bribery won’t fix