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Pala District (Pala Chief / Stewart Mine)

Crystal locality Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: morganite, kunzite, lepidolite.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous

World-famous San Diego County pegmatite gem district.

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