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Harghita, Harghita County

Praid salt mine and canyon

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: halite (viewing), salt karst features.

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

Why this spot

Massive Miocene salt diapir mined since Roman times, now a show mine

One of Europe's great salt bodies, thoroughly documented and visited.

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