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Afghanistan, Badakhshan
Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: lapis lazuli, diopside, pyrrhotite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: world's oldest lapis lazuli mines
Type locality for gem lapis lazuli, worked over 6,000 years and extensively documented on mindat and in gem literature.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
ConflictRemote high mountains, unstable adits
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