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Spain, Murcia

Cartagena-La Unión District, Spain

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, smithsonite, greenockite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: historic Pb-Zn-Fe district

Major mindat mining district with greenockite, smithsonite, galena and diverse secondary minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open shaftsHeavy-metal dumps, unstable ground

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