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Kazakhstan, Karaganda
Akchatau, Kazakhstan
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: wolframite, muscovite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: greisen tungsten-topaz minerals
Akchatau is a documented greisen deposit yielding wolframite, topaz, beryl and fluorite specimens.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old workings, remote steppe
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