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Wallingford-Back mine, Mulgrave-et-Derry
Crystal locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
AmberAlso reported: no legal collecting.
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Why this spot
Cathedral-like quartz and feldspar chambers mined until 1972, later a famous swimming and collecting haunt
Widely documented pegmatite mine in Quebec mineral literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
cold deep water, rockfall
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