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Mining For Mineral Specimens In Ancient Greek Mine at Attica
Mining For Mineral specimens In Ancient Greek Mine at Attica
Source Lavrio Mines Attica.
Most of these /mines are since ancient times (2500 years old). These ancient galleries/mines have a total length of over 50 kilometres and were built on 6 levels. The entire mining site of Lavrion constitutes a natural museum since more than 400 mineral specimens can be found in the region.
Most specimens of these minerals are found in private collections due to their rarity. Lavrion minerals are RARE as there is hardly any mining activity and not many specimens on the market nowaday Mineral specimens include Argonite Crystals, Malachite, Brochantite, Calcite, Azurite, Fluroite and many more on
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