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Japan, Akita

Arakawa Mine, Japan

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: malachite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Cu-polymetallic vein

Historic copper mine documented for chalcopyrite, quartz and secondary copper minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings

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