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Kirki - Agios Filippos mine, Evros

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, rare sulfosalts, barite.

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

Why this spot

Polymetallic vein deposit worked for Pb-Zn until the 1990s, famous among micromounters

Documented source of rare Pb-As-Tl sulfosalts in European systematic collections.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

arsenic-rich ore, unstable adits

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