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Hungary, Pest County

Nagyborzsony silver-gold mines

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite, galena, bismuthinite traces.

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

Why this spot

Medieval Saxon Au-Ag mining village in the Borzsony volcanics

Rozsabanya and its ores are documented in Hungarian mineralogical literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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