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Fontsante Mine (Tanneron), France

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: barite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: fluorite mine

Documented mindat fluorite mine producing green and colorless fluorite with quartz and barite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, forest terrain

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