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Gaurdak sulfur and celestine mines

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GeodesGeodes

Also reported: celestine, native sulfur, aragonite, gypsum.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Gypsum-cap sulfur deposit at Magdanly worked from the 1930s, famed for sky-blue celestine geodes

Classic celestine locality represented in museum collections worldwide.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old underground melts, access controls

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