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Italy, Sardinia

Iglesias District, Sardinia, Italy

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: smithsonite, hemimorphite, galena, barite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposits

Historic mining district documented for smithsonite, hemimorphite and galena.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, unstable ground

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