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Kirka borax open pit
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: borax, tincalconite, ulexite, colemanite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Giant tincal borate deposit in Miocene lake beds, mined in a vast open pit
Kirka is one of the largest borate mines on earth, extensively described.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
industrial site
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