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Azerbaijan, Balakan District

Filizchay polymetallic deposit

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite, galena float.

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

Why this spot

Giant undeveloped pyrite-polymetallic orebody high on the Greater Caucasus south slope

Filizchay ranks among Europe's largest base-metal deposits in survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

border zone, avalanche country

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