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Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: ferberite/wolframite blades, scheelite.

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

Why this spot

Mesozoic granite-related hydrothermal W-Sn veins

One of China's most prolific fine-mineral mines

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