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Peru, Huancavelica

Santa Bárbara (Huancavelica), Peru

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cinnabar.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: historic mercury mine

Santa Bárbara is a documented historic cinnabar (mercury) mine of colonial fame.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Mercury toxicityUnstable old workings, altitude

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