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Southern, Madaba

Dead Sea evaporites, Israel/Jordan

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: gypsum.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Quaternary evaporite

Hypersaline evaporite minerals

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