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Baden-Wurttemberg
Wittichen silver-cobalt district (Grube Sophia), Schenkenzell
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: erythrite, cobaltite, barite, uraninite on historic mine dumps.
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).
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Why this spot
Hydrothermal Ag-Co-Ni-Bi veins
Classic 18th-century silver/cobalt field; caved shafts and adits present - do not enter.
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