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North Macedonia, Probishtip

Zletovo mine, Probistip

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, ludlamite, vivianite.

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

Why this spot

Lead-zinc veins in Tertiary volcanics, one of Macedonia's main mines since the 1930s

Zletovo specimens, including fine ludlamite and vivianite, are documented in the European trade.

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