Christiana Mine
Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
The Christiana Mine is an abandoned mine originally worked by Compagnie Française des Mines du Laurium.
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The site is famous amongst mineral collectors, but less so than other mines in the Lavreotiki area – the Hilarion mine, KM-3 mines, and Plaka Mines are significantly better known.
Christiana Mine No. 132 is a part of the Christiana Mine, which refers to a shaft at 132m above sea level – I don’t particularly think it should be considered a different locale, but some may disagree with me there!
Mindat lists over a hundred mineral species from the site, including one for which it is the type locality – zincowoodwardite.
The addicted2h2o website linked below has a great writeup of an access to the underground workings of the mine.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-1933.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-135343.html
- https://pageyral.com/la-compagnie-francaise-des-mines-du-laurium/
- https://addicted2h2o.com/christiana/
If you are interested in other classic Greek locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Greek locales
- Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
- Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Kamariza mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
- KM-3 Mine, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
- Mine No. 6, Agrileza mines, Lophos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
- Plaka mines, Plaka, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
- Vouves, Limenaria, Thasos, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
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