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Kadamzhai antimony combine

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: stibnite, barite, cinnabar.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

Jasperoid-hosted stibnite deposit that anchored Soviet antimony production from the 1930s

Well-documented antimony locality in Soviet economic geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

derelict plant, arsenic-antimony dust

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