Ref.: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 254.
One of the most important copper mines of Imperial Russia, and the source of large quantities of malachite for use as ornamental stone.
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