France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Échassières / Beauvoir Granite, France
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: lepidolite, apatite, cassiterite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: rare-element pegmatite/granite
Documented mindat locality (Les Montmins, Beauvoir) for lepidolite, apatite, topaz and rare Nb-Ta minerals.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old workings, quarry faces
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