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Tororo, Eastern Region

Sukulu carbonatite hills

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: apatite, magnetite, pyrochlore, baddeleyite.

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

Why this spot

Ring of weathered carbonatite hills carrying apatite-magnetite soils south of Tororo

Documented carbonatite complex in East African geology.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

none notable

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