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Meetiyagoda moonstone mines

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Blue-sheen adularia moonstone.

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

Why this spot

Weathered pegmatite/gneiss

Famous blue moonstone source

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