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Madhya Pradesh

Tirodi manganese mines

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: rhodonite, spessartine, braunite, manganese oxides.

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

Why this spot

Sausar belt manganese ore field worked since the early 1900s, type area for several Mn silicates

Classic Indian manganese-mineral locality in systematic mineralogy references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

active haulage, open pits

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