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Aiguilles Rouges (Le Buet), France

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: epidote.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: pink octahedral fluorite

Documented Alpine fissure source of pink fluorite and quartz across the valley from Mont Blanc.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Altitude, steep terrain, rockfall

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