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Bex / Les Diablerets, Vaud, Switzerland

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: halite from the salt mine.

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

Why this spot

Triassic evaporite and alpine cleft

Historic Swiss salt mine plus alpine-cleft surroundings.

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