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Silver Crater Mine (Basin property), Bancroft

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Betafite (uranium), euhedral fluorapatite, biotite books, hastingsite, zircon.

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

Why this spot

Grenville skarn/pegmatite

Radioactive minerals present; handle and store betafite responsibly.

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