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Saxony

Schneeberg district, Erzgebirge

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: cobaltite, erythrite, uraninite, bismuth; type-locality area for several species.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Hydrothermal Ag-Co-Ni-Bi-U veins

Famous cobalt-blue pigment and silver district; some uranium legacy hazards.

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