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Trimouns Talc Quarry, Luzenac

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Pink talc, dolomite rhombs, magnetite.

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

Why this spot

Metamorphic (Pyrenees)

World-class micromineral and rare-earth locality in the Ariege Pyrenees.

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