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Traversella, Piedmont

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: magnetite, ludwigite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alpine skarn

Classic skarn locality and type locality of several borate minerals.

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