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Irkutsk Oblast
Malo-Bystrinskoe lazurite, Baikal
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
MarblesAlso reported: Blue lazurite (lapis), diopside, phlogopite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Contact-metamorphosed marble
Siberian lapis lazuli source
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