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Germany, Saxony

Zinnwald / Cinovec (border tin-lithium)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Zinnwaldite (lithium mica), cassiterite.

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

Why this spot

Variscan greisen

Type locality of zinnwaldite; straddles the German-Czech border.

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