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Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský kraj

Jachymov (Joachimsthal) silver-uranium mines

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Also reported: argentite, uraninite, arsenides.

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

Hydrothermal vein

Where uranium was discovered and radium isolated.

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