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Ljubija iron mines, Prijedor

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: goethite, siderite, barite.

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

Major limonite-siderite iron district worked from Austro-Hungarian times

Documented in Bosnian mining literature, pits well known regionally.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

pit walls, flooded workings

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