Famous Mineral Localities: the Trepca mine, Stari Trg, Kosovo.

From: The Mineralogical Record | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Feraud, Jean; Maliqi, Gani; Meha, Vjollca | Copyright information

The war-torn region of Kosovo in the Balkans has a long and involved history of mining. Over the years the world-famous Trepca mine has yielded millions of tons of lead and zinc as well as thousands of tons of silver and bismuth. More than 60 mineral species have been identified from the deposit. Minerals that have reached the specimen market include countless thousands of fine specimens of sulfides such as pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite and galena, associated with well-cryst...

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