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Draa-Tafilalet, Souss-Massa

Bou Azzer (erythrite and skutterudite)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: skutterudite, roselite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Precambrian Co-Ni-As serpentinite ophiolite

Premier erythrite locality on Earth; also arsenides and rare Co-arsenates

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