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Salar de Atacama lithium & minerals

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Halite, ulexite, gypsum, lithium brines.

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

Why this spot

Quaternary evaporite

Salar de Atacama, a major lithium brine deposit

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