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Dossena fluorite mines, Val Brembana

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite, sphalerite.

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

Why this spot

Fluorite-barite veins mined above Dossena into the 1980s

Documented Bergamasque mining area with show-mine conversion.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

karst sinkholes

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