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United Kingdom, England
Cligga Head, Perranporth, Cornwall
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: cassiterite, wolframite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: granite cliff greisen veins
Classic mindat locality for cassiterite, wolframite and tourmaline in greisen-bordered veins in the cliffs.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
High unstable cliffsTides, old explosives works
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