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Norway, Trøndelag

Roros copper district

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: sphalerite (viewing).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Copper mining town founded 1644, worked for 333 years in the bare mountain plateau

UNESCO World Heritage mining landscape with museum mines and mapped dumps.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

mountain weather

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