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Alpe Sponda (Val Bavona) clefts, Ticino

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Titanite, adularia, byssolite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alpine cleft / metamorphic

World-famous titanite (sphene) locality.

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