Atrevida Mine

Mindat lists 66 mineral species from the site, including some that are rather rare – hessite, pearceite, metazeunerite-kahlerite.

It appears the site is still at least somewhat accessible, with cavers and mineral hunters still entering for exploration and possibly collection.

The surrounding area is somewhat contaminated by mining works, with the lode worked containing various toxic elements – barium, fluorine, lead, zinc, arsenic, nickel, and silver. Numerous radioactive minerals are found at the site too.

The mine was worked primarily for baryte, opening in 1870 and eventually closing in 1990.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-3112.html
• https://moticeurope.blogspot.com/2022/01/202201metazeunerite-kahlerite-atrevida-mine.html
• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-023-01591-y

If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:

• Atrevida Mine, Bosc de Poblet, Vimbodí i Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
• Berta quarry and mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Monsant Mines, Hortsavinyà, Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Montcada Hill Quarry, Montcada i Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Osor Mines, Osor, Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
• Puig de la Banya de Boc volcano, Llorà, Sant Martí de Llémena, Catalonia, Spain
• Sant Corneli Quarry (Can Savoia), Sant Corneli volcano, Fogars de la Selva-Tordera, Selva-Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• Serrana Mine (Manganese Mine), El Molar, Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
• Toron Mines, Roca del Toron, Espinavell, Molló, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Alternately, try browsing by province: • Andalusia • Aragon • Asturias • Canary Islands • Cantabria • Castile-La Mancha • Castile and Leon • Catalonia • Extremadura • La Rioja • Murcia • Navarre • Valencia •

For the rest of our stock from the whole of Spain, see below.

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