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Zanjan
Angouran zinc mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: smithsonite, hemimorphite, sphalerite, galena.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Carbonate-hosted zinc deposit with a great smithsonite gossan, mined at scale since the 1940s
Documented world-class zinc locality known for specimen smithsonite.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
pit walls, landslide history
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