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Badakhshan
Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
MarblesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Contact metamorphic marble
The 6000-year-old source of the best lapis on Earth.
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