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Montana
Rock Creek sapphire district, MT
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
GoldAlso reported: sapphire.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: gravel bars and benches yielding placer sapphire
One of Montana's principal sapphire districts, documented in USGS/state geology and rockhounding literature.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Creek banks, remote roads
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