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Newfoundland and Labrador

St. Lawrence fluorite district

Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite, galena.

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

Why this spot

Vein fluorspar mined since 1933 on the Burin Peninsula, green and purple crystal ground

Documented mining district with a miners memorial museum.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old open cuts

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