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Rajasthan

Khetri copper belt

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, andalusite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Proterozoic copper belt mined since antiquity, modern HCL mines at Khetri and Kolihan

Well-documented Indian copper district in survey and mineralogical literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open stopes, subsidence

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