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Freiberg silver district dumps, Saxony

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Argentite, proustite, galena, sphalerite, barite on historic dumps.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Hydrothermal Ag-Pb-Zn veins

One of Europe's greatest silver districts (from 1168); type locality for several minerals.

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