France, Grand Est
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France
Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: acanthite, barite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: historic silver district
Historic silver-mining valley on mindat with acanthite, silver, arsenides and fluorite; host of major mineral show.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old workings, arsenic minerals
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