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Mount Isa Cloncurry amethyst country

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 amethyst veins in Proterozoic rocks between Mount Isa and Cloncurry, long picked over by locals

Noted in northwest Queensland lapidary club guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

heat, remoteness

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