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Cairngorm / Ben Avon smoky quartz (cairngorm), Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Devonian granite

The original cairngorm gem locality; be low-impact.

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