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Dinajpur, Rangpur Division
Maddhapara hard rock mine
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: granite, gneiss, pegmatite feldspar (no public access).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Underground granite and gneiss quarry reaching Precambrian basement beneath the delta since 2007
Bangladesh's only hard-rock mine, documented in state mining records.
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