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Elemental Stamps

Located on the Swedish island of Resarö, today Ytterby is a pretty residential area, not far from Stockholm. However, in the 1600s, it was a mining region providing quartz and felspar to the burgeoning porcelain trade. And its fame is based on the area’s remarkable geology.

Ytterby is the only place in the world that has naturally occurring

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