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Canada, British Columbia
Grand Forks BC
Rock Candy fluorite mine fee dig
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: cockscomb barite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: 1916-1929 fluorspar mine on Kennedy Creek whose metre-wide veins yield green fluorite cubes and classic cockscomb barite
World-famous specimen source; fluorite-barite pieces from the fee digs documented by mindat, iRocks and dealer stock for decades
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rough 4x4 spur roadLoose quarry walls, remote creek valley
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