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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 mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also 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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