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Val Malenco serpentinite / demantoid, Lombardy

Gem locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: andradite, titanite, magnetite, perovskite, artinite.

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

Why this spot

Serpentinite / rodingite

Classic demantoid and alpine-cleft locality.

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