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La Florida mines and El Soplao cave
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: aragonite helictites, smithsonite (viewing).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Zinc-lead karst mines whose galleries broke into the aragonite cave of El Soplao
Documented show cave and mining system of international fame.
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