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Salta

Puna borate deposits (Tincalayu, Salar)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: Borax, ulexite, hydroboracite, colemanite.

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

Why this spot

Quaternary evaporite

Andean puna borate deposits of Salta and Jujuy

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