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Bancroft (Bear Lake Diggings)
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Amazonite, cleavelandite, and blue-green feldspar with mica books in the roadside pegmatite pit.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Grenville Precambrian
Bancroft is the mineral capital of Canada; the annual Gemboree runs the collecting scene.
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