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Southern Red Sea, Tigray

Colluli potash

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sylvite, carnallite, kainite.

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

Why this spot

Shallow evaporite potash beds in the Danakil depression awaiting development

Documented project with published resource studies.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme heat, restricted zone

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