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Georgia, South Carolina

Graves Mountain

Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Rutile, kyanite blades, lazulite, pyrophyllite.

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

Why this spot

Metamorphosed volcanic rock, hydrothermal alteration

One of the Southeast's premier open dig events, near Lincolnton.

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