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Racha, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti
Lukhumi realgar mines
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: realgar, orpiment, look only.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Arsenic realgar-orpiment veins mined in upper Racha until the 1990s, leaving toxic waste stores
Documented Soviet arsenic mines with internationally reported legacy contamination.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
acute arsenic toxicityDecaying adits, remote gorge
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