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Southwest, Arizona
San Carlos AZ
Peridot Mesa (tribal permit)
Gem locality Documented siteLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: peridot grains in basalt, olivine bombs.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: basalt mesa on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, source of most of the world's commercial peridot
Gila County tourism and Rock & Gem document the mesa and the tribal permit system
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
sharp vesicular basaltSummer heat, rough tracks
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