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Southwest, New Mexico
Dixon NM
Harding Pegmatite Mine (UNM)
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: lepidolite, spodumene, microlite, rose muscovite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: University of New Mexico's famous lithium-tantalum pegmatite, mined 1919 onward for lepidolite, spodumene and microlite
UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences runs the site and publishes visiting and collecting policy
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep dumpsOld workings, high desert sun
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