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Tharsis Mines, Spain

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: gypsum.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: pyrite belt mine

Documented mindat massive-sulfide mine in the Iberian Pyrite Belt with pyrite and secondary minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open pits, acid drainage

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