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Touissit-Bou Beker (cerussite)

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Large gemmy cerussite, azurite.

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

Why this spot

Jurassic carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn (MVT)

World-famous cerussite twins; mine largely closed, older material on market

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