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Iron Mine Hill cumberlandite, Cumberland

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cumberlandite float, magnetite-rich rock.

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

Why this spot

The only significant outcrop of cumberlandite, Rhode Island's state rock

Documented in New England geological literature as a unique rock body.

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