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Gavà (Can Tintorer), Spain

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Flint and stone toolsFlint and stone tools

Also reported: variscite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: variscite (Neolithic mines)

Documented mindat locality for green variscite historically mined in Neolithic times.

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Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings

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