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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 mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also 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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