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Goriska, Idrija
Idrija mercury mine, Slovenia
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Cinnabar, native mercury, metacinnabar; second-largest historic mercury mine.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Hydrothermal Hg
One of the world's great mercury mines.
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