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Antofagasta
Salar de Atacama lithium & minerals
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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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