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Gebel El-Zeit / Eastern Desert (quartz and gold)

Gold ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

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

Why this spot

Precambrian shield gold veins

Region of pharaonic and modern gold mining

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