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Nevada
Petersen Mountain, NV
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: water-clear quartz crystals and amethyst scepters in granite/pegmatite pockets
Renowned scepter-amethyst and clear quartz locality on the NV/CA border north of Reno, on mindat.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep terrain, hard rock digging, remote
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