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Leland MI
Van's Beach Leland Blue slag
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glass
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Leland Blue slag in blue, purple and gray, occasional Petoskey-type corals.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: blue-gray glassy slag from Leland's 1870-1884 iron smelter, wave-tumbled into collectible Leland Blue stones on Lake Michigan beaches
MyNorth and Leelanau guides document the smelter origin and steady beach finds at Van's and North beaches
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold swellsSlippery rock shelves in spring
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