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Blue Ridge Staurolite Area, Fannin County, GA

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: staurolite crosses, mica.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: staurolite fairy cross twins in mica schist of the Blue Ridge

Documented staurolite occurrence in north-Georgia rockhounding guides.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Roadside cuts, snakes

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