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Nelson, Nelson Region

Dun Mountain mineral belt, Nelson

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Chromite, dunite.

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

Why this spot

Ophiolite (ultramafic)

The type locality of the dunite rock, in the Nelson ultramafic belt.

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