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Lercara Friddi sulfur district

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sulfur, gypsum, celestine.

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

Why this spot

Inland Sicilian sulfur field mined from the 1830s to the 1960s

Documented in Sicilian mining history; dumps remain around the town.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

subsidence, open shafts

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