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Ngualla rare earth hill

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: bastnasite, monazite in laterite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Weathered carbonatite hill carrying one of the larger high-grade REE resources outside China

Documented development project with published geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote tracks

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