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Llano River gravel bars, Castell
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: llanite pebbles, feldspar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Granite-country river gravels of the Llano uplift carrying llanite, garnet and quartz
Texas guides point hobbyists to public riverbed gravel bars in the uplift.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
flash floods, private banks
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