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Portugal, Guarda

Gonçalo Pegmatites, Portugal

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: lepidolite, spodumene.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: lithium (lepidolite) pegmatites

Documented mindat lepidolite pegmatite field with lepidolite, spodumene and tourmaline.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Quarry faces, old pits

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