Yanahara pyrite mine

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and minerals

Nails and fittings

Also reported: gypsum.

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

Massive pyrite orebody mined until 1991, once Japan's chief sulfur-iron source

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.