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Karas, Karas Region

Rosh Pinah mine

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite, galena, willemite.

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

Why this spot

Zinc-lead orebody in the Gariep belt mined continuously since 1969

Documented mine; specimens circulate through Namibian dealers.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

desert roads

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