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North Africa, Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Midelt
Mibladen-Aouli Mining District
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: vanadinite, barite, cerussite, galena, wulfenite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: vanadinite, world-class lead district
Mindat lists Mibladen as world-famous for vanadinite; 600+ shafts worked 1926-1949, artisanal miners still pull crystals today
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Hundreds of unfenced shafts and collapsing galleries
never enter old workings
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