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Afar / Dallol (Ethiopia) sulphur and salt
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Vivid sulphur, halite, and potash crusts at Dallol hydrothermal field.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Active volcanic-hydrothermal salt flat
Dallol: colorful but dangerous; a geologic wonder, not a collecting site
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