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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 mineralsAlso 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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