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Ostra - Lesu Ursului barite area

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite.

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

Why this spot

Barite and sulfide mining in the Bukovina flysch mountains through the 20th century

Romanian geological survey literature records the Ostra barite deposit and its workings.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

decaying mine infrastructure

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