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Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia

Gem locality Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: brookite, anatase.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: alpine-cleft quartz crystals

Dodo (Saranpaul area) is famous for gem quartz and rock crystal.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Very remote wilderness

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