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Sivarampeta / Araku corundum, Visakhapatnam

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Ruby and sapphire corundum in metamorphic rocks.

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

Why this spot

Precambrian khondalite/charnockite

Eastern Ghats corundum occurrence

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