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Irkutsk Oblast

Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles

Also reported: Blue apatite, phlogopite, diopside, lazurite, wollastonite, scapolite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Precambrian metamorphic marble/skarn

Rich metamorphic mineral locality on Baikal

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Russia2 km away · Mineral locality
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Malo-Bystrinskoe lazurite, Baikal18 km away · Gem locality
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