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Griquatown tiger's eye country

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: tiger's eye, hawk's eye.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Asbestiform riebeckite silicified into tiger's eye along the Griqualand West banded ironstones

Documented classic source region for tiger's eye.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

none notable

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