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Zhytomyr Oblast, Zhytomyr

Perga rare-metal granite field

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: genthelvite, phenakite.

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

Why this spot

Alkaline granites of the Sushchano-Perga zone carrying genthelvite and phenakite greisens

Perga is a documented rare-metal locality in Ukrainian Shield mineralogy.

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