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Burgas
Rosen ore field, Medni Rid
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: zeolites.
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 veins in Upper Cretaceous volcanics behind the Black Sea coast, mined until the 1990s
Documented Burgas district copper field known to Bulgarian collectors.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open shafts
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