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Suceava

Fundu Moldovei pyrite mine

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Pyrite-copper massive sulfide worked in Bucovina until the 1990s

Documented Bucovina mining locality in Romanian survey literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

acid mine drainage, unstable dumps

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