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Chamonix / Mont Blanc Massif

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: and hematite in high-alpine clefts of the Mont Blanc granite.

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

Why this spot

Alpine cleft (Tertiary)

Legendary source of pink fluorite and smoky quartz gwindels; high, dangerous terrain.

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