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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines silver district, Alsace

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: proustite.

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 Ag-Pb-As veins

Classic Vosges silver district; Euro-Mineral show town.

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