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Harding Pegmatite Mine, NM

Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: lepidolite, spodumene, muscovite mica, apatite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: complex pegmatite with lepidolite, spodumene, beryl, mica, quartz and rose quartz

Famous pegmatite owned by the University of New Mexico, open to permitted visitors.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old mine workingsDumps, unstable ground

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