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New Mexico
Petaca Pegmatite District, NM
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: muscovite mica, columbite-tantalite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: pegmatite minerals including beryl, muscovite, smoky quartz, columbite and garnet
Historic rare-element pegmatite district documented by USGS and mindat in the Ojo Caliente/Petaca area.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old mine shafts, dumps, remote roads
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