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Russia, Primorye

Dalnegorsk, Russia

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: datolite, galena, sphalerite, danburite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: skarn borosilicate and sulphide deposits

Dalnegorsk is world-renowned for datolite, calcite and sulphide specimens.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active mining, old workings

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