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Blue Ridge Unakite Area, Nelson/Amherst County, VA
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: unakite, epidote, feldspar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: unakite (pink orthoclase, green epidote, quartz altered granite) of the central Blue Ridge
Documented Virginia unakite source region noted in state rockhounding guides.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Roadside traffic, steep terrain
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