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Regal Ridge emerald showing, Finlayson

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: no open access, emerald in schist known from the claims.

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

Why this spot

Canada's first emerald discovery in 1998 in mica schists of the Finlayson district

Documented discovery in Canadian gemmological literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

remote, bears

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