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Oshikoto, Oshikoto Region
Tsumeb mine (classic minerals)
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Historic azurite, dioptase, cerussite, mimetite, wulfenite, germanite and hundreds of species.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Precambrian carbonate-hosted Cu-Pb-Zn pipe
One of the greatest mineral localities ever; type locality for ~70 minerals
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