Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Nizhny Tagil (Mednorudyanskoye), Russia
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: malachite, azurite, cuprite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: copper deposit, historic malachite
Mednorudyanskoye at Nizhny Tagil is the classic Ural malachite source.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Urban site, subsidence
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