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Greece, East Macedonia and Thrace

Maronia skarn, Thrace

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: magnetite, epidote.

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

Why this spot

Oligocene Cu-Mo porphyry and skarn contact zone on the Thracian coast

Documented in Greek geological literature and university field guides.

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