COUNTRY FIELD GUIDE
Greece coverage is deliberately site-specific. Quarry minerals belong to the landowner and mining rights are separately regulated by the State; public access to a geopark, volcanic trail or mining-heritage site does not grant a specimen-removal right. At volcanic destinations, current national visitor guidance says rocks should not be removed from their natural setting.
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Materials: Silver, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Lavreotiki is one of the Mediterranean’s most important mining landscapes, with ore veins, galleries, slag heaps and silver-lead-zinc heritage. It is mapped as a geology/mining destination rather than an open specimen-collecting field.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Limestone, Fossils, Volcanic Rock
Sitia UNESCO Global Geopark covers more than 700 km² of eastern Crete and provides an organized network of geotrails and visitor information.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Petrified Wood, Fossils, Plant Fossils, Volcanic Rock
A world-class petrified-forest site with standing roots, trunks, branches, leaves and other plant fossils preserved in volcanic deposits. It is intentionally a red no-collecting record because removal is expressly prohibited.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Obsidian, Barite, Bentonite, Kaolin, Manganese, Perlite, Sulfur, Volcanic Rock
A high-value geology base for Milos: the museum documents the island’s obsidian, kaolin, sulfur, manganese, barite, perlite and bentonite wealth, while seven Miloterranean routes interpret its volcanic and mining landscape.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Volcanic Rock, Sulfur
The young volcanic island at the center of Santorini’s caldera offers a direct crater hike through dark lava and sulfurous active-volcano terrain. It is included for volcanic geology, not collecting.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Volcanic Rock, Sulfur
Stefanos is one of Nisyros’s signature phreatic craters, within a volcanic landscape interpreted through geosites, geotrails and the island’s Volcanological Museum. It is a look-and-learn location, not a specimen-removal pin.
Next review: 2027-09-13