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New York
Barton Garnet Mine, Gore Mountain
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Precambrian gneiss with giant almandine garnet
Home of some of the largest garnet crystals on Earth; garnet is the New York state gem.
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