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Deepwater sapphire district

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: sapphire, cassiterite, zircon.

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

Why this spot

Sapphire and tin gravels around Deepwater on the northern New England plateau

Documented in New England gem and tin field literature.

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