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Atacama

Chañarcillo silver district

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Historic Atacama silver mines

Silver, embolite; classic specimen locality

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Desert, old workings

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