Hunedoara, Hunedoara County
Ghelari - Teliuc iron mines
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: siderite, limonite, ankerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Siderite-limonite iron ore mined from antiquity for the Hunedoara furnaces
Documented in Romanian mining heritage literature around the Hunedoara iron district.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
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