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Algeria, Annaba

Aïn Barbar, Algeria

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite, sphalerite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: polymetallic veins

Well-documented vein deposit producing quartz, barite, sphalerite and fluorite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, forest terrain

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