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Switzerland, Grisons

Val Nalps, Switzerland

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: adularia, hematite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Alpine clefts in gneiss

Documented Alpine cleft valley for smoky quartz and fluorite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

High alpine terrain

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