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Elba: Rio Marina Mining Park (Valle Giove)

ROCKHOUNDING LICENSED / PERMIT CONFIRMED

Where: Southern Europe · Europe · approx. 42.81, 10.43 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Iron mines worked since Etruscan times, industrial era until 1981 closure, now a fee-paying mining park

What turns up: hematite crystals, pyrite cubes, limonite, iridescent oxidized ore

Access: Licensed / permit.

Collecting only inside the Parco Minerario on paid guided visits (train tour approx EUR 16, trekking, Mine Adventure); freelance entry to the pits is not permitted

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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.