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Mason TX

Lindsay Ranch, Comanche Creek topaz

Gem locality Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: microcline.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: reservation-only fee topaz digging in the Streeter and Grit granite country northwest of Mason

fee-dig documented with fees and phone; several of Texas's largest topaz crystals came from this Comanche Creek ground

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

sun exposureCreek-gravel digging is heavy work

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