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Arahura River pounamu
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Nephrite jade (pounamu) and bowenite boulders in the riverbed.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Metamorphic nephrite/serpentinite
The most culturally important pounamu river; the Arahura is a statutory taonga.
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