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Fontsante fluorite mine, Var

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite.

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

Why this spot

Hydrothermal fluorite veins

Classic Provencal fluorite locality.

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