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Spain, La Rioja

Navajun (Ampliacion a Victoria Mine)

Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: often free-standing, in the grey marl.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous marl

The world's source of the famous sharp pyrite cubes; buy or dig by arrangement.

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