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Serifos, South Aegean
Megalo Livadi iron mines
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: hematite, magnetite, ilvaite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Skarn iron ores shipped from ore bridges at this bay until the 1960s, scene of the 1916 miners' strike
Serifos skarn mineralogy and its mining ruins are well documented.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
ruinous structures, open adits
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.