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Homestake Pass smoky quartz

Crystal locality Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Boulder Batholith granite east of Butte with miarolitic pockets in decomposed outcrop

Popular Butte-area digging ground noted in Montana collecting guides.

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