Slovakia, Banská Bystrica Region
Malachov cinnabar deposit
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: metacinnabar traces.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Small mercury deposit worked intermittently near Banska Bystrica since the Middle Ages
Documented in Slovak geological literature as a classic Hg occurrence.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
mercury mineralization
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