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Tadjourah, Arta

Lake Assal salt banks

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: gypsum.

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

Why this spot

Hypersaline crater lake 155 m below sea level ringed by salt crusts and gypsum

Documented salt lake worked by caravans for centuries.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme heat, brine cuts

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