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El Buur meerschaum diggings

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sepiolite (no access).

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

Why this spot

Historic sepiolite pits that supplied Somali meerschaum carvers

Documented sepiolite source in older economic geology literature.

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