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Mauritania, Inchiri

Akjoujt, Mauritania

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, chrysocolla.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: copper deposit

Documented copper-gold district producing malachite and native copper.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active mine, desert

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