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United Kingdom, Scotland

Cairngorm Mountains, Highland

Gem locality Inferred from historyProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cairngorm.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: smoky quartz (cairngorm)

Historic source of cairngorm smoky quartz documented in Scottish gemstone literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote high mountain terrain, weather

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