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Slovakia, Banská Bystrica Region

Špania Dolina, Slovakia

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: azurite, malachite, aragonite, tetrahedrite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: copper hydrothermal veins

Historic copper district documented for azurite, malachite and aragonite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, dumps

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