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Rulindo, Southern Province
Nyakabingo tungsten mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: ferberite, wolframite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
One of Africa's main wolfram producers, worked in quartz veins since colonial times
Documented tungsten deposit in regional literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep adits
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