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France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Les Farges Mine (Ussel), France

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: pyromorphite, galena, cerussite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: pyromorphite locality

Famous mindat locality for orange pyromorphite crystals from a former lead mine.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, lead minerals

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