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Fezzan, Ash Shāţiʼ
Wadi ash-Shati iron hills
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: oolitic hematite, goethite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Devonian oolitic ironstone ridges along the Shati valley, long studied and never mined
Documented iron province in Libyan geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
militia checkpoints, desert distances
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.