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Montezuma blue quartz workings

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

Dumortierite bearing blue quartz from quartzite ridges near Montezuma, marketed since the 1990s

Distinctive material with a documented type area in mineral locality records.

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