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Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Weloganite, strontianite, rare Na-Zr-carbonates.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous alkaline sill

Second major weloganite locality after Francon.

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