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Hungary, Fejér

Gant bauxite pits, Vertes Hills

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: bauxite, gibbsite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Open-pit bauxite field mined 1926-1962, now an outdoor geological museum

Documented Hungarian mining heritage site with signposted pits.

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