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El Mármol Onyx Quarry, Baja California

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: travertine.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: travertine/onyx marble

Historic onyx-marble quarry documented in guidebooks and mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Very remote desert, old quarry pits

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