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Giant's Causeway, County Antrim

Crystal locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Also reported: Zeolites (natrolite, chabazite, thomsonite).

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

Why this spot

Palaeogene (Antrim Lava Group) basalt with zeolite amygdales

Protected WHS; famous columnar basalt, no collecting whatsoever.

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