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France, Grand Est

La Croix-aux-Mines, France

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, pyromorphite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: historic silver-lead mines

Documented Vosges silver-lead mining valley on mindat with galena, quartz and secondary minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings

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