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Navoi, Samarqand Region
Lyangar scheelite skarn
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: scheelite, molybdenite, vesuvianite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Nuratau range tungsten-molybdenum skarn mined in the Soviet decades
Documented classic Central Asian skarn locality.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open cuts, remoteness
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