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Thetford Mines asbestos district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Chrysotile, magnetite, awaruite, brucite, native metals in serpentinite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Ordovician ophiolite
Avoid asbestos-fiber material; collect other species from stable dumps only.
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