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Sweden, Västerbotten

Boliden Mine Area, Sweden

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: tetrahedrite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: gold-arsenic massive sulphide

Boliden district documented for sulphide ore minerals on mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active mine, arsenic minerals

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