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Wasenalp / Simplon area clefts, Valais

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: adularia, actinolite, hematite in clefts.

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

Why this spot

Alpine metamorphic cleft

Simplon-region cleft minerals.

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