France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Mont Blanc Massif (Chamonix), France
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: hematite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: classic Alpine cleft quartz & fluorite
World-famous mindat locality for smoky quartz, gwindel and pink fluorite from high-alpine fissures.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Glaciers, altitude, rockfall, crevasses
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