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Kwale, Kwale County

Mrima Hill

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: pyrochlore-bearing laterite (observation only).

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

Why this spot

Carbonatite hill rich in niobium and rare earths under a sacred kaya forest

Documented deposit whose mining bids have been frozen for years.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

none notable

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