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Osilo amethyst veins

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

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

Why this spot

Amethyst-lined fissures in Miocene andesites around Osilo, dug by collectors for decades

Osilo amethyst is a staple of Italian collector literature and shows.

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