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Zacatecas

Concepcion del Oro / Providencia skarn

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: mimetite, wulfenite, danburite nearby.

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

Why this spot

Tertiary skarn

Classic Mexican grossular and mimetite skarn district.

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