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Llanite Roadcut (Hwy 16), Llano County, TX

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Precambrian llanite (blue-quartz rhyolite porphyry)

Famous llanite exposure north of Llano cited in Llano uplift field guides and mindat.View source →

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