Greece, East Macedonia and Thrace
Limenaria calamine mines, Thasos
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: smithsonite, hemimorphite, goethite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Zinc carbonate and iron ores mined above Limenaria from antiquity to the 1960s
Documented in Greek mining records; the Palataki headquarters ruin marks the district.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
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