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Reddestone Creek sapphire ground

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: blue and green sapphire, zircon, pleonaste.

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

Why this spot

Basalt-derived sapphire gravels north of Glen Innes, one of the classic New England sapphire creeks

Named repeatedly in New England sapphire field literature and club guides.

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