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Kittila gold mine, Suurikuusikko

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What you could find

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Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Europe's largest primary gold mine, in Lapland greenstone, producing since 2008

Extensively documented modern mine.

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