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Kasiruta bacan chrysocolla

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Why this spot

Veins of silicified chrysocolla on Kasiruta Island, cut as the famous batu bacan that colors up with wear

Documented by gem labs and central to the Indonesian bacan trade.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

hand-dug shafts, boat access

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