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Ash Sharqiyah, Northeastern Governorate

Wadi Bani Khalid / Oman travertine

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Aragonite, banded travertine.

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

Why this spot

Quaternary travertine/carbonate

Carbonate spring deposits

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