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Zambia, Central Province

Kabwe (Broken Hill), Zambia

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: descloizite, vanadinite, pyromorphite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Zn-Pb-V deposit

Historic central Zambian mine documented for descloizite, vanadinite and pyromorphite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Severe lead contamination, old workings

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