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Tazheran massif

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: blue diopside, spinel, forsterite.

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

Why this spot

Alkaline massif near Olkhon on Lake Baikal, type locality of tazheranite with dozens of rare species

Documented type locality in mineralogical literature.

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