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Minas de Riotinto, Spain

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: jarosite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: massive-sulfide district

Iberian Pyrite Belt mindat locality with pyrite, chalcopyrite and gossan minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active/old workings, acid drainage

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