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Albania, Lezhë County

Rubik copper mine, Mirdita

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite.

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

Volcanogenic copper deposit on the Fan river, a mainstay of Albanian copper mining

Documented in Albanian mining records of the Mirdita ophiolite belt.

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