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Bistrita-Nasaud, Bistrița-Năsăud County

Ilva Mica - Lesu quartz area

Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required

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

Quartz and calcite veins in the volcanic and flysch hills of the upper Somes country

Reported by Romanian collectors as a minor but real quartz-producing area.

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