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North Carolina, Georgia
Chunky Gal Mountain, Clay County, NC
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: ruby, corundum, kyanite, olivine.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: corundum and ruby in an ultramafic belt along US-64 road cuts
Documented corundum locality on Nantahala National Forest land noted in NC field guides and mindat.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Roadside traffic, steep cuts, snakes
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