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Karaganda
Kara-Oba tungsten deposit
Crystal locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: wolframite, bertrandite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Greisen stockwork in the Betpak-Dala desert famous among collectors for sharp wolframite, topaz and quartz
Renowned specimen locality in Soviet and western mineralogical literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
waterless steppe, extreme remoteness
Keep exploring nearby
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