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Harghita, Harghita County

Ditrau alkaline massif, Jolotca

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: nepheline syenite, cancrinite, monazite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Mesozoic alkaline intrusion with nepheline syenite (ditroite) and rare-earth veins

Type locality of ditroite, described in Carpathian petrology literature for over a century.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote valleys

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