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Southern Europe, Castille and León
Navajun
Ampliacion a Victoria pyrite mine
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: twinned cubes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: the world's most famous source of perfect cubic pyrite crystals, worked as a specimen mine in the Sierra de Alcarama
Operator Piritas de Navajun runs booked weekend visits, booking site lists prices and confirms visitors hand-collect and keep pyrite cubes
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
4 km rough forest track needs your own carOpen quarry benches, loose rock
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