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Laki ore field, Droujba mine
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rhodope Pb-Zn vein district around Laki, mined industrially since the 1930s
A separate Rhodope district from Madan, documented in Bulgarian mining and specimen literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active mine traffic
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