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Holguin, Santiago de Cuba Province
Mayari chromite plateaus
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: chromite, serpentine, olivine rock.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Podiform chromite in the Mayari-Cristal ophiolite pines, mined heavily in the world wars
Documented chromite district in Caribbean geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote plateau
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