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Danba pegmatite district

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: muscovite books, spodumene.

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

Why this spot

Muscovite and rare-metal pegmatites in deep Gyarong valleys mined since the 1950s

Documented pegmatite field in Chinese geological literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

landslide-prone gorges

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