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Panasqueira Mine, Portugal

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: wolframite, apatite, sphalerite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: world-class tungsten mine

World-famous active mindat tin-tungsten mine producing wolframite, apatite, arsenopyrite and rare phosphates.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active workings, arsenic minerals

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