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Portugal, Beja

Mina de São Domingos, Portugal

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: jarosite, melanterite, gypsum.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: abandoned pyrite mine

Documented mindat abandoned sulfide mine with pyrite, gossan and secondary sulfate minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open pit, acid drainage, heavy metals

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