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Saint-Pierre-de-Mesage / Oisans clefts

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: axinite, and epidote in alpine clefts of the Oisans massif.

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

Why this spot

Alpine cleft

Part of the famous Oisans alpine-cleft district near Bourg d'Oisans.

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