France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bourg-d'Oisans, France
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: axinite, epidote, prehnite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: axinite & epidote district
Type-region for axinite-(Fe); mindat lists many surrounding clefts yielding axinite, epidote and quartz.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep alpine terrain, rockfall
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