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Jujuy

Salinas Grandes salt flat, Jujuy

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: halite crusts, ulexite nodules.

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

Why this spot

High puna salar where communities harvest salt in cut pools at 3400 meters

Well documented salt harvesting landscape on the tourist circuit.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

altitude, glare

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