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Al Batinah North
Wadi Jizzi ancient copper district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: malachite, chrysocolla, ancient slag.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Ophiolite massive sulfide belt smelted as ancient Magan copper, slag heaps and gossans along the wadi
Documented in Arabian archaeometallurgy and Oman geological survey work.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat, flash floods
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