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Francisco Morazan, Francisco Morazán Department
Agalteca iron skarn
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: magnetite, epidote.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Magnetite skarn worked at intervals since colonial forges, periodically revived for modern smelting
Documented iron deposit in Honduran geological reports.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old pits
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