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Switzerland, Ticino

Val Bedretto / Ticino, Switzerland

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: adularia, and titanite in Gotthard-massif clefts of the upper Ticino.

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

Why this spot

Alpine cleft

Southern-slope strahlen ground of the Gotthard.

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