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China, Sichuan

Xuebaoding, China

Mineral locality Inferred from historyProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: scheelite, cassiterite, muscovite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: W-Be greisen at high altitude

Famous mindat locality for beryl (aquamarine), scheelite and cassiterite on quartz.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

High elevation, remote terrain, snow

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