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Silver Crater Mine, Faraday

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Betafite, uranophane.

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

Why this spot

Grenville Precambrian

Handle radioactive specimens sparingly; classic betafite locality.

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