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Sverdlovsk Oblast
Malysheva (Izumrudnye Kopi) emerald mines, Urals
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Emerald, alexandrite, phenakite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Phlogopite schist at granite-ultramafic contact
The classic Ural emerald and alexandrite deposit
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