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Dinagat Islands, Caraga

Dinagat chromite and nickel laterites

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: chromite, garnierite, serpentine, magnesite.

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

Why this spot

Ophiolite island stripped for nickel laterite, with podiform chromite and green garnierite zones

Documented mining province in Philippine mineral industry reports.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

haul roads, laterite cliffs

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