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The Lizard, Cornwall

Serpentine

Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: The Lizard peninsula is Britain's classic serpentinite outcrop, worked and beach-gathered as ornamental green-and-red stone..

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

Why this spot

serpentinite

Documented rockhounding locality.

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Remote or mine groundShafts, heat and weather
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