
Columbia Group
Columbia Group is a mineral prospect in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Stibnite, Wolframite.
View detailsFluorite forms colorful cubic crystals in Mississippi Valley-type deposits. Illinois Cave-in-Rock country is the classic American district — confirm current access because many historic mines are closed or private.
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The Cave-in-Rock / Hardin County district produced world-famous purple and blue fluorite. Recreational access today is limited — use the Illinois fluorite region hub and directory listings, and never enter unsafe abandoned mines.
Western prospects, New England and Appalachian pegmatite associates, and historic Midwest zinc-district dumps sometimes yield fluorite with calcite or galena. Prefer cataloged pins over unmarked dumps — many reclamation areas are posted.
Cubic crystals, Mohs 4, often purple, green, or blue. Perfect cleavage means soft packing — wrap specimens carefully. Some pieces fluoresce under UV; bring a pocket UV if you collect at night events or club digs.
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Columbia Group is a mineral prospect in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Stibnite, Wolframite.
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Glacier Basin is a mineral prospect in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Beryl, Cassiterite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite.
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North Mosquito Flats is a mineral prospect in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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USGS MR-60 Alabama No.7 Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Clay, Alabama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Lake Catherine (South Side) is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Area of old Stanton mining camp is a documented mineral occurrence near AZ. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Garnet, Gold, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Baryte Copper Claims is a mineral prospect in Mohave, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Boriana is a historic mining site in Mohave, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Mica.
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Burro Barite No 6 and 8 is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Burro Barite Nos. 1-5 is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Burro Barite Nos. 6 and 8 is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Carlsbad #2 is a mineral prospect in Maricopa, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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Double Eagle Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Maricopa, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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Eclipse is a mineral prospect in Maricopa, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Iron, Magnesite.
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Forbis is a historic mining site in Greenlee, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Geronimo Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Iron.
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Hamburg Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite, Silver.
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Happy Group is a known mineral occurrence in Maricopa, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Hillside Deposit is a mineral prospect in Gila, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Landsman Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Graham, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena.
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Lucky Jack and Adams is a known mineral occurrence in Yavapai, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Mathews Claims is a mineral prospect in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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On top of steep hill is a documented mineral occurrence near AZ. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Garnet, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Orejana is a mineral prospect in Graham, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Oxbow & Silver Butte Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near AZ. Reported specimens include Copper minerals, Epidote, Fluorite, Dioptase. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Papago Mine is a historic mining site in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Bismuth, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Rainbow Property is a known mineral occurrence in Maricopa, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Limestone.
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Red Chief is a mineral prospect in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Beryl, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite.
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Red Hills Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Mohave, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Silver Clip Mine is a historic mining site in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Silver King is a historic mining site in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Silver.
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White Rock and White Eagle is a mineral prospect in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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White Rock and White Eagle Group is a known mineral occurrence in La Paz, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Chocolate Drop Group is a historic mining site in Imperial, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Iron, Pyrolusite.
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Tao Mine is a known mineral occurrence in San Bernardino, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Gold.
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Valley View is a historic mining site in San Bernardino, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena.
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Pegmatite outcrops on Devils Head in Douglas County yield topaz and smoky quartz crystals in miarolitic cavities along popular hiking trails.
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Duffields is a documented mineral site in El Paso, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Historic mining town west of Boulder sits amid pegmatite veins that have produced topaz and fluorite crystals for over a century.
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Crystal Peak and the Lake George district produce vivid blue-green amazonite clusters with smoky quartz on Pikes Peak granite pegmatites.
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Mikes Adit is a historic mining site in Boulder, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Mount Antero and Mount White in the Sawatch Range are legendary for aquamarine beryl crystals in granite pegmatites above 12,000 feet.
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Orion and Saddle No 6 Fluorspar is a known mineral occurrence in Boulder, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Parker Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Park, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Sentinel Rock and Specimen Rock is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Amazonite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Platte Pegmatite District is a historic mining site in Jefferson, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Feldspar, Fluorite, Gemstones, Pyrolusite, Quartz crystals.
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Timberline Tunnel is a historic mining site in El Paso, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Unnamed Area (Jefferson Co.) is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Chalcocite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Unnamed Area (Zircon/Fluorite) is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Zircon, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wigwam Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Amazonite, Fluorite, Smoky Quartz, Clear Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Williamson is a historic mining site in Boulder, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Wonder Lode is a historic mining site in Chaffee, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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East Granby Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Datolite, Aragonite, Calcite, Celestine, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Prehnite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Long Hill Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Pyrite Cubes, Scheelite, Blue Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Baker County Deposit #1 is a known mineral occurrence in Baker, Florida, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite.
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North Columbia County #2 is a mineral prospect in Columbia, Florida, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite.
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North Columbia Deposit is a mineral prospect in Columbia, Florida, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite.
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North Lake City is a mineral prospect in Columbia, Florida, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite.
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Graysville is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Purple Fluorite, Galena. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lithonia is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline, Zeolites. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Challis (fluorite area) is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chalspar No. 3 is a mineral prospect in Custer, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Champ Lease is a historic mining site in Caribou, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Empire Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Purple Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hide Out Prospect is a mineral prospect in Custer, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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M and M Mine is a historic mining site in Lemhi, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Mary Alice Prospect is a mineral prospect in Custer, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Stewart Canyon is a mineral prospect in Caribou, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Switchback is a known mineral occurrence in Lemhi, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Troxpar Prospect is a mineral prospect in Custer, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1 is a known mineral occurrence in Pope, Illinois, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite.
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Barnett Mine is a historic mining site in Pope, Illinois, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite.
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Southern Illinois fluorspar district near Cave-in-Rock produced purple and yellow fluorite cubes for generations in Mississippi Valley type deposits.
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Fluorite - various colors is a documented rockhounding destination in IL. Collectors visit for assorted minerals, ore samples and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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The city of Galena sits atop historic lead-zinc deposits where collectors find galena cubes in area tailings and creek exposures.
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Pittsburg Mine is a historic mining site in Pope, Illinois, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Sphalerite.
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Rosiclare is a documented mineral occurrence near IL. Reported specimens include Calcite, Blue Fluorite, Yellow Fluorite, Purple Fluorite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shawnee Medium Interest Fluorine Deposit is a known mineral occurrence in Pope, Hardin, Illinois, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite.
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Bloomington is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite, Barite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Corydon is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Dolomite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elizabethtown is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Fluorescent Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lawrence County is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Geodes, calcite, sphalerite, limonite, celestite, fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Norristown is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Fluorescent Calcite, Fluorite, Marcasite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Western Kentucky fluorspar district near Marion produced purple fluorite cubes for decades; most sites now reclaimed or restricted.
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Big Four Fault is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Birdsville is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Calcite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Caldwell Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Carrsville is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crider is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crittenden County is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Galena, Fluorite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite crystals, Pyrite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Mica, Peridotite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gratz is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kentucky River Bend is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lincoln County is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Geodes, Quartz, Celestite, Goethite, Fluorite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Central Kentucky geode and vein quartz sites near Livingston offer fee digging for crystal-lined geodes and calcite specimens.
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Princeton is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Troy is a documented mineral occurrence near KY. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Quartz veins and fluorite occurrences in metamorphic rock of Mount Wachusett attract collectors to reservation road cuts.
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Northfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Garnet, Golden Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Frederick is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Pink Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eminence is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Dolomite, Malachite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Graniteville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Apatite, Beryl, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Quartz (smoky quartz), Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Iron Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Yellow Garnet, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Magnetite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Saint Charles Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Yellow Calcite, Green Calcite, Chert nodules, Dolomite, Fluorite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shepherd Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Francisville is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, barite, calcite, fluorite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Weber Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Geodes, fluorite, millerite, calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bell Boy Mine is a historic mining site in Lewis and Clark, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Dry Gulch is a mineral prospect in Beaverhead, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Hope Group is a historic mining site in Granite, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Pyrolusite.
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Lucky Jack is a historic mining site in Mineral, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Mystery is a documented mineral site in Deer Lodge, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Normandy is a known mineral occurrence in Broadwater, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Northern Pacific is a mineral prospect in Fergus, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Shell Canyon is a mineral prospect in Madison, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Spar Mine is a historic mining site in Mineral, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Brown Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Albite, Fluorite, Gold, Platinum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Burnsville is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Albite, Amazonite, Apatite, Aquamarine, Autunite, Beryl, Emerald, Fluorite, Garnet, Kyanite, Muscovite, Feldspar, Rutile crystals, Quartz crystals, Sunstone, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elijah Mountain Gem Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Quartz crystals, Citrine, Amethyst, Garnet, Aventurine, Sodalite, Peridot, Opal, Fluorite, Aquamarine, Topaz, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Amazonite, Labradorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Island Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Apatite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Hyalite Opal, Quartz crystals, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bald Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Spofford Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Victor Head is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Albite, Amethyst, Beryl, Chlorite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Limonite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Smoky Quartz, Sericite, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Franklin Furnace is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Franklinite, Magnetite, Tephroite, Willemite, Zincite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Baby Mine is a historic mining site in Catron, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Replacement deposits near Bingham have yielded deep blue fluorite cubes associated with galena in limestone host rock.
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Blue Sky is a historic mining site in Bernalillo, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Blue Sky Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Sandoval, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Buckhorn Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Burro Peak is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Ceragyrite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Onyx. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Caballo Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Conqueror Mine is a historic mining site in Lincoln, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite.
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Cookes Peak area is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Agate, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Jasper, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crummy Number One Prospect is a mineral prospect in Sandoval, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Deadwood Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Dewey and White Swan Mines is a historic mining site in Sierra, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite.
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El Oro and La Plata Group is a historic mining site in Socorro, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver.
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General Area (calcite) is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Glenwood & Pleasanton is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gold Bar Group is a known mineral occurrence in Catron, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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Grandview Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Copper minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hansonburg Mine is a historic mining site in Socorro, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver.
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Hatch (goethite area) is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Goethite, Fluorite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Helen S is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Las Huertas Copper Prospects is a mineral prospect in Sandoval, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Iron, Malachite.
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Lead Mountain is a mineral prospect in Grant, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Mex-Tex Mine is a historic mining site in Socorro, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver.
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Mimbres Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Agate, Chalcedony, Chert, Chrysocolla, Jasper, Fluorite, Rock crystal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mogollon is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Playas Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pyramid Peak is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shakespeare Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Bernalillo, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Shrine is a known mineral occurrence in Grant, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Sky High is a mineral prospect in Lincoln, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Tijeras Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tingley Prospect is a mineral prospect in Sierra, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite.
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Ad Prospect is a mineral prospect in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold.
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Big Jim Prospect is a mineral prospect in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Birch is a known mineral occurrence in White Pine, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Bohannon is a mineral prospect in Pershing, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Boulder Hill Mine is a historic mining site in Lyon, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Bullfrog-George Prospect is a mineral prospect in Esmeralda, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Carp Mine is a historic mining site in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Colton Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Crystal Group is a known mineral occurrence in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Crystal Prospect is a historic mining site in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Cinnabar, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Silver.
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Dutchess Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Esmeralda, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Gold, Malachite.
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Emerald Prospect is a mineral prospect in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Enif Mine is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Flora is a known mineral occurrence in Esmeralda, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Flora Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Esmeralda, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite, Molybdenite.
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Fluorite Prospect is a mineral prospect in Mineral, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Fluorspar Prospect is a mineral prospect in Mineral, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Harris is a documented mineral site in Pershing, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Horseshoe Group is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Hub Mine is a historic mining site in White Pine, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Wolframite.
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Jerry Claims is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite, Sphalerite.
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Jumbo Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Mary Mine is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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NBMG Sample Location 1759 is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Gold, Malachite.
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Perkins Claim is a known mineral occurrence in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Perkins Prospect is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Que Obras is a mineral prospect in Lander, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Rainbow is a mineral prospect in White Pine, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Reward Prospects is a known mineral occurrence in Lander, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Bismuth, Fluorite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrolusite, Silver.
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Rocket Group is a known mineral occurrence in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Schwartz Tunnel is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite, Molybdenite.
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Shoshone Group ? is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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South Zone is a mineral prospect in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar, Copper, Fluorite, Galena.
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Union Canyon Mine is a historic mining site in Nye, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Viola Claims is a known mineral occurrence in Lincoln, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena.
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Amity is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Blue Corundum, White Corundum, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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DeKalb is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Edwards is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite, Galena, Gypsum, Sphalerite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fayetteville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lockport is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lowville is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Manlius is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Muskellunge Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Palmer Hill Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Balmat-Edwards zinc district in the Adirondack Lowlands produced purple fluorite and galena specimens prized by collectors.
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Treasure Mountain Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Quartz, Fluorite, Calcite, Galena. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bowling Green is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Barite crystals, Calcite, Celestite, Fluorite, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clay Center limestone quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Pyrite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Genoa is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Maple Grove Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Adams County streams in southern Ohio continue the geode belt with crystal-lined nodules in creek gravels and banks.
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Sandusky is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Witherite, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brookdale Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz, Pyromorphite, Azurite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cornwall is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Andradite, Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Grossularite Garnet, Labradorite, Magnetite, Moonstone, Prehnite, Pyrite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lancaster is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Dogtooth Calcite, Fluorite, Hematite, Quartz crystal, Rutile. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Monroe County is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Calcite, Pyrite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Western Pennsylvania limestone districts near Canonsburg produced barite and calcite specimens in abandoned mine workings.
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Union Furnace is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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White Rocks is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Cryptomelane, Goethite, Fluorite, Quartz crystals, Tourmaline, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Savoy is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Gold, Fluorite, Silver. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Black Bear Hematitic Magnetite Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Carter, Tennessee, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Iron.
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Cannon County is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Geodes, Goethite, Limonite, Pyrite, Celestite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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The Elmwood-Gordonsville zinc district produced world-class calcite and fluorite specimens; active mining restricts public access.
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Greene is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Celestite, Dolomite crystals, Fluorite, Golden Jasper, Pyrite, Quartz crystals, Barite, Jasper, Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Marion County is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Selenite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Monterey is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Calcite, Celestite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sweetwater is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Williams Barite Mine is a historic mining site in Cocke, Tennessee, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Pyrite.
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Chinati Mts is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Smithsonite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fluorspar Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Presidio, Texas, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Hillside Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Hudspeth, Texas, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Rock House Area Prospects is a known mineral occurrence in Presidio, Texas, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Terlingua is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Calcite, Calomel, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Mercury, Terlinguaite, Pompom Agate, Aragonite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Big Indian Wash is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Coffinite, Doloresite, Uraninite, Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Vanadium, Carnotite, Cerussite, Galena, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Big Pass Blue Star, Strategic Metals Mine is a historic mining site in Beaver, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Black Balsam Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Utah, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Black Bart Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Beaver, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite.
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Bullion Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Azurite, Barite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Pyrolusite, Selenite, Sphalerite, Sylvanite, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cove Fort is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Sulfur. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deep Creek Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Fluorite, Scheelite, Azurite, Gold, Malachite, Galena, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Desert Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Antlerite, Bornite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Cerussite, Galena, Quartz, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dewey Mine is a historic mining site in Grand, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Dog Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Chalcedony, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dog Valley Prospects is a known mineral occurrence in Garfield, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Cinnabar, Fluorite, Iron, Pyrolusite, Silver.
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Dugway Range is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Garnet, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Dutch Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Augite, Azurite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fish Springs is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Gold, Lead, Silver, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Indian Peak is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Jones Mine is a historic mining site in Juab, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Barite, Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Lincoln Gulch is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Azurite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Garnet, Malachite, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Tremolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mary Ellen is a known mineral occurrence in Piute, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Marysville is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Cinnabar, Alunite, Albite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrolusite, Barite, Fluorite, Goethite, Amethyst, Quartz, Selenite, Opal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Miner's Basin is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Hematite, Malachite, Limonite, Quartz, Azurite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Modena is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Argentite, Gold, Limonite, Pyrite, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz, Selenium. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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New Arrowhead Mine is a historic mining site in Iron, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Norman Mine is a known mineral occurrence in Weber, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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San Francisco Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Diopside, Fluorite, Galena, Garnet, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Apatite, Biotite, Chlorite, Goethite, Copper, Magnetite, Quartz, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Silver King is a known mineral occurrence in Tooele, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Fluorite, Malachite, Pyrolusite.
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Spor Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Bertrandite, Carnotite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Star Range is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Bismutite, Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz, Azurite, Cerussite, Galena, Malachite, Calcite, Garnet, Limonite, Pyrite, Wulfenite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Thomas Range is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Agate, Beryl, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Garnet, Opal, Quartz, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Topaz is a documented rockhounding destination in UT. Collectors visit for topaz, bixbyite, fluorite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Topaz Mountain in the Thomas Range is a premier free BLM collecting site for sherry and clear topaz crystals in rhyolite vugs.
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U-Beva Mine is a historic mining site in Beaver, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Fluorite.
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Wah Wah Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Cerussite, Galena, Pyrite, Alunite, Autunite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Garnet, Topaz, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wild Bill Mine is a historic mining site in Beaver, Utah, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Copper, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Amelia County is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Amelia Court House is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amazonite, Amethyst, Feldspar, Cleavelandite, Quartz crystals, Blue Topaz, Beryl, Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Fluorite, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Faber is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A historic Amelia County pegmatite mine offering fee digs for amazonite, topaz, and rare phenakite crystals.
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Whitetop is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite, Selenite, Siderite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wythe County is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Aragonite, Calcite, Fluorite, Bornite, Marcasite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Cerussite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Renick is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Calcite, Fluorite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Black Hills National Forest is a documented mineral occurrence near WY. Reported specimens include Fluorite, Gold. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
View detailsIllinois Cave-in-Rock district is the historic center. Open the map below and the Illinois fluorite region hub for cataloged localities — always verify access; many mines are closed.
Public recreational access is limited compared with the mining era. Prefer documented open sites and fee or museum options over abandoned underground workings.
Mohs hardness 4 — softer than quartz. It often shows perfect cubic cleavage.
Fluorite forms cubes and is scratched by a steel knife (Mohs 4). Quartz is harder (~7), usually hexagonal, and does not show fluorite’s perfect cubic cleavage.
No — avoid underground workings. Prefer surface dumps only where access is clearly allowed, and treat historic mine names as research leads, not open invitations.
Related: pay-to-dig sites, agates in the USA, geodes near me.