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Karaganda

Semizbugu corundum locality

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: corundum, andalusite, rutile, pyrophyllite.

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

Why this spot

Secondary-quartzite hills mined for abrasive corundum in the Soviet era

Documented in Soviet mineralogical surveys as a classic corundum occurrence.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remoteness, old pits

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