Soectrolite Mine
Finland /
Etela-Karjala /
Ylamaa /
World
/ Finland
/ Etela-Karjala
/ Ylamaa
quarry, jewelry
The smooth and straight lines in this gemstone quarry shows that the pit is being mined for dimension stone, As it is close to Ylamaa the type location for the mineral Spectrolite it is likely that that mineral is being removed - carefully. ..The exceptional range of colors shown in Spectrolite means that even quarry scraps can be used for jewelry and exotic things like drawer knobs.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 60°44'32"N 28°0'36"E
- Heponiemi quarry 28 km
- Viivikonna oil shale quarry 158 km
- Sirgala mine 160 km
- Narva mine 165 km
- Aidu oil shale quarry 165 km
- Väo limestone quarry 227 km
- Lake Raku 238 km
- Lake Männiku 240 km
- Harku limestone quarry 243 km
- Rummu quarry (lake) 271 km
- Palin Granit Oy 3.9 km
- Väkevänsaari Island 6 km
- Väkevänjärvi Lake 6.5 km
- Ex-soviet "Iron curtain" along the border 7.1 km
- Pukalus lake 7.9 km
- Kavalanjärvi and Saaransuunjärvi Lakes 10 km
- Voskhodovo 11 km
- Russian frontier picket and local headquarters of this part of border 12 km
- Laihajärvi lake. 13 km
- Laihalampi Lake 15 km