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Norway, Innlandet

Folldal mines

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite (viewing).

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

Why this spot

High-mountain Cu-Zn-S mines worked 1748-1993, now a protected museum complex

Well-documented Norwegian mining heritage site.

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