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Crescent Peak turquoise ground, Searchlight

Gem locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Also reported: turquoise.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Old turquoise workings in the Crescent range mined since prehistory

Documented turquoise district in Nevada mining literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote desert, old pits

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