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West, Nevada
Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction NV
Quartz scepters
Crystal locality Source-confirmed findsGray 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: world-class smoky, amethyst and scepter quartz ridge north of Reno, dug hard since the 1970s
Rock and Gem magazine and mindat document the locality and named finds; commercial claim digs have produced museum specimens
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep loose slopesUnmarked pits, high-clearance roads, summer thunderstorms, rattlesnakes
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