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Almasu Mare - Stanija gold quartz veins

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: tetrahedrite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Gold quartz veins of the Zlatna corner of the Golden Quadrilateral, worked since antiquity

Classic Golden Quadrilateral locality noted in geological and collector literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts, remote tracks

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