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South Aegean

Naxos emery / Cycladic minerals

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Emery (corundum-magnetite), corundum, kyanite.

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

Why this spot

Metamorphic

Historic emery source.

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