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China, Yunnan

Gejiu Tin Mines, China

Mineral locality Inferred from historyProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Sn-polymetallic deposit

Historic 'Tin Capital' documented on mindat for cassiterite and arsenates.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Underground workings, arsenic

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