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The Neolithic variscite mines of Gavà

Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona

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The Neolithic variscite mines of Gavà

Historical milestone · Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona

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Around the year 4000 BCE galleries were opened at Can Tintorer, in Gavà, to extract variscite, a green mineral used in necklaces that spread throughout the western Mediterranean. They are the oldest known mines in Europe.

4000 a. C.

Photo: Pere López Brosa (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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