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Continental, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vernet-Chameane
Auvergne amethyst veins
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
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: one of Europe's most important amethyst deposits, exported for jewellery since the Middle Ages, artisanal working of the vein resumed in 2009
Pays d'Issoire tourism office documents both fee venues with prices, French Wikipedia documents the vein and the Maison de l'Amethyste
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
open hillside diggingsSun exposure, bring gloves
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