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Buryatia, Zabaykalskiy (Transbaikal) Kray

Ermakovskoye beryllium deposit

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: phenakite, bertrandite.

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

Why this spot

Fluorite-phenakite-bertrandite skarn in Transbaikalia mined for beryllium in Soviet times

Documented classic beryllium locality with collector-known phenakite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote steppe-taiga

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