Cluj-Napoca, Romania/cluj145

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Sacaramb (known in historic times by its Hungarian name Nagyag) {LINK: to Sacaramb, Nagyag} in the southern Apueseni Mountains is well known because of many minerals found there, particularly tellurium minerals. One particular tellurium mineral -- nagyagite -- is named from the Hungarian village Nagyag. Nagyagite is black, in this sample the dark veins in the white matrix. Centuries ago it was discovered that this strange mineral magically "bleeds" gold when heated.