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Agadez

Teguidda-n-Tessoumt salt pans

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: earth salts, halite crusts.

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

Why this spot

Terraced evaporation pans worked by the same families for centuries

Documented salt works in ethnographic and travel literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

heat, remote pistes

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