Austria, Tyrol
Zillertal (Garnet)
Crystal locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: hornblende, and epidote in the schists of the Zillertal Alps.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Alpine metamorphic
Long-known Tyrolean garnet locality.
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