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Oisans (La Berarde / Grave) alpine clefts, Isere

Crystal locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: axinite, adularia; classic Dauphine axinite.

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

Why this spot

Alpine cleft in granite/gneiss

Historic Dauphine crystal district; axinite classic.

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