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Timna Valley copper, Israel

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Malachite, chrysocolla, azurite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Sediment-hosted copper

Ancient 'King Solomon's Mines' copper district

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