Mongolia, Ömnögovĭ
Mushgai Khudag, Mongolia
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: apatite, magnetite, bastnasite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: carbonatite REE-P complex
Documented alkaline carbonatite complex with REE-fluorite-apatite mineralization.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote desert
REE dust
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