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Mont Blanc massif - Aiguilles Rouges / Chamonix clefts, Haute-Savoie

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: adularia, hematite in high clefts.

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

Why this spot

Alpine cleft in Mont Blanc granite

France's premier alpine cleft area; famous smoky quartz and pink fluorite.

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