Explore / Asia / More of Asia
Jharkhand
Lapsa Buru kyanite belt
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: kyanite blades, corundum.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
.jpg){kind=link}
Why this spot
Singhbhum shear zone kyanite deposit, once the world's largest, mined for refractories from the 1930s
Classic Indian kyanite locality in economic geology references.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote tracks, old workings
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.