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Hormozgan

Hormuz rainbow island

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: hematite sand, red ochre, halite, sulfur-stained salt rock.

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

Why this spot

Salt-dome island of red ochre, glittering hematite beaches and multicolored evaporite hills

Famous documented geosite in the Persian Gulf, long mined for red earth.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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