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Minnesota
Cuyuna Range binghamite, Crosby
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasper
Nails and fittings
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: binghamite, silkstone, hematite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Iron range dumps yielding binghamite and silkstone, fibrous quartz after goethite
Binghamite is a recognized Minnesota lapidary material from these dumps.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep dumps, deep pit lakes
Keep exploring nearby
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