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Thomsonite Beach, Grand Marais

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Thomsonite and lintonite (green zeolite) pebbles with eye patterns.

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

Why this spot

Precambrian basalt amygdules

The classic North Shore thomsonite locality.

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