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Canada, Ontario
Sudbury Basin, Ontario
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Pyrrhotite, pentlandite, sperrylite.
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: nickel-copper sulphide impact structure
World-famous Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide district, extensively documented.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active mines, sharp sulphides
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