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Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan ASSR
Duzdag salt mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: halite, gypsum, red clay salt beds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rock salt mined at Duzdag since the Bronze Age, galleries now doubling as a halotherapy clinic
Among the oldest documented salt mines in the world, in Nakhchivan.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
underground access controlled
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