Greece, Attica
Lavrion (Laurium)
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: azurite, adamite, rare arsenates) on the ancient mine dumps.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Miocene skarn and oxidation zone
One of the world's richest secondary-mineral localities; the silver here funded ancient Athens.
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