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Zambezia, Zambezia Province

Marropino tantalite mine

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: tantalite, morganite, lepidolite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alto Ligonha pegmatite mined for tantalite and morganite through several revivals

Documented pegmatite of the Alto Ligonha province.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote roads

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