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Sweden, Dalarna

Grängesberg Mine, Sweden

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: magnetite, apatite, hematite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: apatite-iron ore

Grängesberg apatite-iron deposit documented in Bergslagen literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Subsidence, old dumps

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