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Anarak, Iran

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: turquoise, cobalt-nickel arsenides.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: metal-district minerals

The Anarak mining district is documented for secondary copper, arsenic and turquoise-associated minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Desert heat, old workings

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