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Russia, Irkutsk Oblast

Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal, Russia

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles

Also reported: lazurite, phlogopite, diopside, apatite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: marble-hosted phlogopite and lazurite

Slyudyanka is a classic locality for lapis lazuli, phlogopite and rare silicates.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, remote hills

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