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Canada, Ontario

Bear Lake Diggings, Ontario

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: titanite, hornblende.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Grenville calcite vein-dikes

Classic Bancroft-area collecting site featured in Bancroft Gemboree and mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Uneven ground, brush

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