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Maramures, Maramureş

Toroiaga district, Baia Borsa

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sphalerite, galena, bournonite.

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

Why this spot

Subvolcanic Pb-Zn-Cu veins in the Maramures mountains, mined through the socialist era

Documented Maramures ore field distinct from the Baia Mare mines, known from Romanian specimen trade.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote terrain, unstable dumps

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