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Russia, Chelyabinsk

Bakal Siderite Mines, Russia

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: siderite, magnetite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: siderite iron ore deposit

Bakal is a documented Ural siderite iron deposit.

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