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North Macedonia, Lipkovo
Lojane As-Sb mine, Kumanovo
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: realgar, orpiment, stibnite, chromite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Arsenic-antimony-chromite deposit at the Serbian border, closed since the 1970s
Documented in Yugoslav mining records; the arsenic waste problem is internationally reported.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
acute arsenic contamination
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