Sweden, Dalarna
Grängesberg Mine, Sweden
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso 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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