
3m Quarry
3M Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz, Agate, Jasper, Quartz family minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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3M Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz, Agate, Jasper, Quartz family minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A & C Prospect is a historic mining site in Park, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Copper, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Abandon Mine is a historic mining site in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Abbeville County is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Corundum, Epidote, Blue Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Abelman's Gorge area is a documented mineral occurrence near WI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Quartzite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A popular Herkimer County fee mine where visitors break dolomite matrix to extract brilliant quartz crystal clusters.
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Alderson is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Aldrich Park is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Almo is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Altus is a documented mineral occurrence near OK. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Amethyst Crystals - Wilkes County, Georgia is a documented rockhounding destination in GA. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Amethyst Hill on Althaus Ranch is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Citrine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Amherst is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Gem Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Anderson is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Historic pegmatite mines of the Carolina Piedmont near Anderson exposed large muscovite books and garnet crystals.
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Apache is a documented mineral occurrence near OK. Reported specimens include Fluorescent Calcite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Arabia Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Area around Diamond Point Lookout is a documented mineral occurrence near AZ. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Arlington is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Artesia is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Pecos Diamonds. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Athens is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz, Green Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Atlantic County is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Atlas Group is a known mineral occurrence in Chaffee, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Avondale is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz, Rutile. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bald Butte is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Baldpate Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pegmatite dikes near Ball Ground in the Georgia Blue Ridge foothills have produced beryl and tourmaline for regional collectors.
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Banks County is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bantam Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Precambrian Baraboo quartzite forms dramatic bluffs at Devils Lake State Park with iron-stained bands and occasional geodes in regional streams.
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Barrus Mine pegmatite outcrop is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Spodumene. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bassett Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Beryl, Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Beatty (blue quartz area) is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz, Marble, Phyllite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Benitoite Mining Company / Benitoite area is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Varied local minerals and crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bennington is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz, cabochon material, Garnet, Feldspar, Biotite, Hornblende. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Beryl Dike is a known mineral occurrence in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Beryl Mica Lode is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Beryl Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Beryl, Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Beryl No. 5 is a known mineral occurrence in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Beryl Occurrence is a known mineral occurrence in Elko, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Big Boulder is a historic mining site in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Big Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Green Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Big Dike Lode is a historic mining site in Grand, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Big Smoke Group is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Big Spar No 1 Mine is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Birdsboro is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Zeolite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Black Hills pegmatites near Keystone and Custer produced feldspar and mica for industry; collectors find quartz and beryl in old diggings.
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Black Prince Mine is a historic mining site in Park, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Copper, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Blakely Ridge fire tower is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Gem Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Blandford is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Blue Bonnet Claim is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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A working crystal mine in the Ouachita uplift where visitors dig clay pockets for double-terminated quartz crystals.
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Bob Ingersoll Mine is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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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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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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Bradshaw Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Tourmaline, Tremolite, Wollastonite, Anglesite, Aragonite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brandywine Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Bremen is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Broad River and tributaries is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brokenburg is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Quartz crystals. 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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Brookneal is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Gem Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Brooksville is a documented mineral occurrence near FL. Reported specimens include Calcite Crystal, Echinoid Geodes, Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Burke is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Burkemont Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Gem Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Burlington is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Red Quartzite, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cabin Creek & Dry Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Caledonia is a documented mineral occurrence near MN. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Camas Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Topaz, Fire Opal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Canton is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cape Henlopen is a documented mineral occurrence near DE. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cape May is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Chalcedony. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wave-polished quartz pebbles called Cape May diamonds concentrate on southern New Jersey beaches along Delaware Bay.
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Carol Anne is a mineral prospect in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Portland pegmatite district Case Quarries yielded beryl and rare uranium minerals in the Connecticut River Valley.
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Castleton is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Centennial Cone is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Bertrandite, Beryl, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Centreville is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chariton River is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Goethite, Quartz, Septarian Nodules. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Charlie’s Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Charlotte Courthouse is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Gem Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Charlottesville is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Quartz veins and pegmatite float occur on slopes of Cheaha Mountain, Alabama's highest point, within Cheaha State Park boundaries.
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Chester pegmatite district in the Berkshires produced beryl crystals and is a classic New England mineral locality.
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Piedmont pegmatites of Chester County yielded feldspar and occasional beryl crystals for eastern Pennsylvania collectors.
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Chester Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chesterfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Kyanite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chestnut Creek Wetlands is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chestnut Ridge is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Chillicothe is a documented mineral occurrence near OH. Reported specimens include Pyrite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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China Wall Area is a historic mining site in Park, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Copper, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Chrome Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Actinolite, Bronzite, Garnet, Chromite, Serpentine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cinque Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clark Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Apatite Crystals, Andalusite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clay City is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Clearwater & Herse Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Chalcedony, Ilmenite, Monazite, Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz, Rutile crystals, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Coatsville is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Beryl, Epidote, Garnet, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Coleman’s Crystal Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Columbia is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Comet Group is a historic mining site in Gunnison, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Jamestown and Conanicut Island exposures of Narragansett Bay region pegmatite contain beryl and garnet in coastal outcrops.
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Copper Mountain #2 is a historic mining site in Fremont, Wyoming, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Cove Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Cowboy Tin Mine is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Mica.
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Crystal Grove Diamond Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Herkimer Diamonds (Quartz Crystals). Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crystal Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismutite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Autunite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A developed Forest Service crystal scree site in the Pioneer Mountains where visitors dig in loose quartz crystals from decomposed pegmatite.
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Crystal Park (paid area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Crystal River is a documented mineral occurrence near FL. Reported specimens include Calcite Crystal, Quartz, Chert, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deauville Beach is a documented mineral occurrence near DE. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Debbie Doll is a known mineral occurrence in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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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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Northern New Hampshire pegmatites near Deer Hill have produced amethyst quartz crystals in forest exposures near the Canadian border.
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Western Maine pegmatites near Stow contain amethyst quartz in miarolitic cavities of granite pegmatite dikes.
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Deer Hill Mineral is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz, Feldspar, Beryl, Garnet, Columbite, Pyrite, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Deer Hill Mineral is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Feldspar, Beryl, Garnet, Columbite, Pyrite, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Denny Mt. is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Rock crystal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Denver is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Derry is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz, Chalcedony, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Derry Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Beryl, Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Devil's Den is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Quartz, Pyrite, Ilmenite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Dewy Rose is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Aquamarine, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A popular Upstate South Carolina fee mine where visitors dig for amethyst, smoky quartz, and occasional citrine crystals.
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Dismal Swamp is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Smokey Quartz, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Donalds is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Donnelly is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Blue Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Durkee is a documented mineral occurrence near OR. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Earl is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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East Bradford is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elberton is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Garnet, Quartz crystals, Tourmaline, Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Elk Mills is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Eureka is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fancy Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Farmer is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Farr Lake S.E. Area is a documented mineral occurrence near WI. Reported specimens include Beryl, Quartz, Spodumene, Zinnwaldite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Finding salt crystals in 2009 is a documented rockhounding destination in UT. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Flintville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Feldspar crystals, Garnet, Mica, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Floyd is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fort Sumner is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals (rose, red, smoky), Pecos diamonds. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fort Sumner (Pecos diamonds) is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Pecos Diamonds. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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The rugged Four Peaks range east of Phoenix hosts Arizona's famed deep-purple amethyst veins in remote cliff faces above the Salt River.
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Fowler Beach is a documented mineral occurrence near DE. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Fox Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Rutile crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Franklin is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Bronzite, Epidote, Fibrolite, Garnet, Jasper, Kyanite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Ruby, Rutile, Sapphire, Sphalerite, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Frazer is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Garden Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Garnett is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Crystals, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gassetts is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Quartz, Garnet, Tourmaline, Staurolite, Kyanite crystals, Actinolite, Diopside, Calcite, Sphene, Pyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gatlinburg is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Quartz, gemstones. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Georgia is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Barite crystals, Dolomite, Strontianite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gibsonville is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Green Quartz, Actinolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck is a classic Connecticut pegmatite locality famous for amazonite and large quartz crystals.
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Glade Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Yellow Apatite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Goshen is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Goshute Reservation is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Muscovite, Quartz, Orthoclase. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Grand Isle is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Calcite crystals, Pyrite concretions. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Grandview Mine is a historic mining site in Grant, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Copper, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Granite is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz, Garnet, Tourmaline, Copper minerals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Granville County is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Topaz, Andalusite, Carnelian, Malachite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Graves Mountain mine (paid location) is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Lazulite crystals, Red Rutile, Pyrophyllite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Greene Mine is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Greer is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Pink Calcite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Gretna is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Grover is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hale’s Brook Quarries is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Pegmatite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Haleakala National Park is a documented mineral occurrence near HI. Reported specimens include Augite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Maine pegmatite belt quarries near Hebron and Oxford produced gem-quality tourmaline and beryl for over a century.
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Central Massachusetts pegmatites near Petersham in the Worcester Range contain beryl and tourmaline in muscovite-rich zones.
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Hauto is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Henderson Point is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Rutile crystals, Sillimanite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Henry County is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Gem Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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World-famous doubly terminated quartz crystals called Herkimer diamonds occur in dolomite vugs of the Mohawk Valley near Herkimer.
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Hiddenite (area 2) is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Quartz, Rutile, Emerald, Hiddenite, Calcite, Dolomite, Black Tourmaline, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Highview Prospect is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Hill City is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Beryl, Red Cassiterite, Cervantite, Columbite, Graphite, Wolframite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hillsboro is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Clear Quartz, Mica, Vermiculite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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The Pala district near the historic Himalaya Mine is one of California's classic gem pegmatite regions, famous for pink and green tourmaline crystals in pocket clay.
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Himalaya Tourmaline Mine (Mesa Grande) is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A famous Georgia pegmatite mine offering fee digs for aquamarine beryl, rose quartz, and black tourmaline crystals.
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Abandoned quartzite quarries of Washington County expose quartz veins and garnet-bearing schist in western Rhode Island.
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Hourglass Selenite Crystal is a documented rockhounding destination in OK. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Howlands Landing (Catalina Island) is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Albite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hubbard Park is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hurricane Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Kyanite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hurricane Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hurt is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Hyatt Ranch is a historic mining site in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Hyndman Peak is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Idaho City is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Quartz, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Indian Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Inez is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Beryl, Lepidolite, Smoky Quartz, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ione Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Albany, Wyoming, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Garnet, Mica.
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Iron Station is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Iva is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Jack Branch & Shoal Branch Area is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Amethyst crystals in iron-stained quartz geodes occur at this Wilkes County fee dig site in the Georgia Piedmont.
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Jefferson is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Jim Kane is a historic mining site in Mohave, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Copper, Galena, Gemstones, Gold, Silver.
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Johnston is a documented mineral occurrence near RI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Josephine — beryllium occurrence in Josephine, documented by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI MILO-3).
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Judy Gap is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Dolomite crystals, Smoky Quartz, Travertine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kailua Area (North) is a documented mineral occurrence near HI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kailua Area (South) is a documented mineral occurrence near HI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Jasper. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Kapa’a Quarry (private area, obtain permission first) is a documented mineral occurrence near HI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Analcime, Chabazite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Keystone is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Tourmaline, Spodumene, Lepidolite, Autunite, Golden Beryl, Quartz crystals, Zircon, Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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King Lithia Prospect is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite.
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Kingston is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Quartz clusters. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Knobly Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Celestite crystals (blue), Blue Calcite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Knowles Lode Claim is a known mineral occurrence in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Mica, Quartz crystals.
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Kunkeltown is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Azurite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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La Madera is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Limonite crystals, Geodes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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La Sal Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near UT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Azurite, Bornite, Carnotite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Limonite, Malachite, Molybdenite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ladysmith is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Green Beryl, Feldspar, Quartz, Black Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lake Arthur is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Aragonite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lake Sinclair is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lambertville is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Axinite crystals, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lamoille River is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Dolomite crystals, Chalcopyrite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lane Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Datolite, Prehnite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lane Trap Rock Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Prehnite, Datolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Las Tablas is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Las Vegas Wash is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lattimore is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz, Black Tourmaline, Beryl, Feldspar. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Laurel Fork is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lemont is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lewisburg is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Liberty Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ligonier is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Lincoln No. 6 Lode is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Lincoln Number Six Lode is a mineral prospect in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Lisbon is a documented mineral occurrence near ND. Reported specimens include Quartz gemstones, Teredo petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Little Falls Area is a documented mineral occurrence near WI. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Little Tennessee River is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Quartz. 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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Llano county is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Topaz, Zircon. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Long Branch is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Long Shoals Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Rock crystal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lookout Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Kyanite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Louisburg is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Lucky Strike is a mineral prospect in Ravalli, Montana, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Lucky Twist Mine is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Ludlow is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Tourmaline, Pyrite, Talc, Calcite, Diopside, metamorphic rocks. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Manasquan is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Fossils, Petrified wood. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Many Values Pegmatite Prospect is a historic mining site in Albany, Wyoming, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet, Mica.
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Mapleton is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Marple is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Marriottsville is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mary Lee Mine is a historic mining site in Park, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Copper, Galena, Iron, Molybdenite.
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Central Texas ranches around Mason allow fee hunting for pale blue topaz crystals in granite pegmatite gravels.
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Maysville is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Rock Crystal. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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McAdoo is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Melvin Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Blue Beryl, Golden Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Melvin Hill (Grafton) is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Beryl, Spessartine Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Meriden is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Quartz, Amethyst, Calcite, Gypsum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mica Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Green Beryl, Biotite, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Middle Georgia Regional Airport Area is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mill Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mill Pond is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mine Dumps (San Diego Co.) is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Lepidolite, Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Minnieville is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst crystals, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Moat Mountain mineral collecting area in the White Mountains yields smoky quartz and amazonite in pegmatite boulders.
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Monarch is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Montgomery County is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Monticello is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Quartz, Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Monument Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Morgan County is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Quartz, Corundum, Topaz, Diamond. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Moria is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Pyrite crystals, Limonite cubes. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Morrison Cove is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Amethyst, Calcite crystals, Herkimer diamonds. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Moselle Iron Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Moss Ranch area near Enchanted Rock is a documented mineral occurrence near TX. Reported specimens include Epidote crystals, Pink Feldspar, Quartz, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Mount Ida bills itself as the Quartz Crystal Capital of the World, with multiple commercial dig sites and tailings piles open to collectors.
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Mount Kearsage is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Mount Mica near Paris is America's first gem pegmatite mine, producing tourmaline and beryl since the 1820s.
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Mount Ulla is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. 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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Mount Wheeler is a historic mining site in White Pine, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Copper, Galena, Lepidolite, Silver, Sphalerite.
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Mountain Rose Mine is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Mt. Pleasant is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Murray County is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Narragansett is a documented mineral occurrence near RI. Reported specimens include Beryl, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Nebo is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Neuse River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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New Discovery is a known mineral occurrence in Bonner, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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New Haven Traprock Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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New River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Magnetite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Newport is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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North Groton is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Lazulite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Norwich is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Norwich Bridge is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ocean City is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ocean County is a documented mineral occurrence near NJ. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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A working gem mine in the Pala pegmatite district offering fee digs where visitors screen pocket clay for tourmaline and colored spodumene crystals.
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Old Simpson Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Smokey Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Olowalu Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near HI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Oscarville is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Otto is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Garnet, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pala Chief / Oceanview Mine (Pala district) is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Varied local minerals and crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Palermo Mine pegmatites near North Groton produced triphylite and montebrasite crystals among New Hampshire's finest mineral specimens.
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Paris Mt. State Park is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet, Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Sillimanite, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Patapsco Valley State Park exposes quartzite ridges and quartz veins in the Baltimore Piedmont for geological observation.
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Peaks of Otter is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Columbite, Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz crystals, Amethyst, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pennington County is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Phenacite Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Picacho View Mine is a historic mining site in Yavapai, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Galena, Gold, Lepidolite, Molybdenite.
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Picuris District is a historic mining site in Taos, New Mexico, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Kyanite, Lepidolite.
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Piedmont is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Selenite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Piedmont is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pillar Point is a documented mineral occurrence near NY. Reported specimens include Barite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pillsbury Ridge is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pilot Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pine Mountain Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz, Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pine Ridge is a documented mineral occurrence near NE. Reported specimens include Quartz concretions, Agate, Petrified wood, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pine River Reservoir is a documented mineral occurrence near WI. Reported specimens include Quartz, Kyanite, Hematite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pine Tree Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Barite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Piney Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Rock crystal, manganese, rutile. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pingree Prospect is a mineral prospect in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar.
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Pink Beds Picnic Area is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pipestone is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Pittsfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Green Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Plumtree is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Gem Feldspar crystals, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Poland Mining Camps (paid area) is a documented mineral occurrence near ME. Reported specimens include Quartz, Feldspar, Beryl, Mica, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ponca Group MS 1110 is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Poplar Springs is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Rutile crystals, Limonite, Quartz, Spodumene. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Prairie Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Priest Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Feldspar Crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Province Lake is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Blue Beryl, Feldspar. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Quartz (Amethyst) is a documented rockhounding destination in GA. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Quartz & Pyrite specimen from Spruce Ridge. is a documented rockhounding destination in WA. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Quartz crystals is a documented rockhounding destination in AR. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Quien Sabe Mine is a historic mining site in Fremont, Wyoming, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar.
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Rainbow Lode is a historic mining site in Larimer, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Rainbow Ridge Opal Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near NV. Reported specimens include Varied local minerals and crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Raleigh is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rattlesnake Butte is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Red Hill Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Epidote crystals, Microcline, Unakite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Red House is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Redstone is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Apatite, Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Reynolds Mine at Beryl Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Riverside Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Road along Agua Fria River is a documented mineral occurrence near AZ. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roebling Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Biotite, Feldspar, Garnet, Smokey Quartz, Muscovite, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rollstone Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ron Coleman Mining is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Quartz Crystals, Amethyst, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Rose Quartz is a documented rockhounding destination in SD. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Roseland is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Blue Quartz, Ilmenite, Rutile crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Roswell is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ruepple Iron Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Goethite, Hematite, Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Azurite, Copper, Cuprite, Gypsum. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sabattus Mountain Occurrence is a known mineral occurrence in Oxford, Maine, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth.
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Salisbury is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Pink Tourmaline, Green Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Saunders Farm is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Savannah River bank is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Golden Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sayler's Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst crystals, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sequoi NP - fairy pool of Crystal cave is a documented rockhounding destination in CA. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Severance Hill is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shadwell is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Green Gem Quartzite, Unakite, Epidote. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sheep Knob Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shelby is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Gem crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sheyenne River is a documented mineral occurrence near ND. Reported specimens include Quartz gemstones, Petrified wood, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shinning Rock Ledge is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shoals Junction is a documented mineral occurrence near SC. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Shoshoni is a documented mineral occurrence near WY. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Feldspar crystals, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sink Hole Mine and other area mines is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Blue Beryl, Apatite, Garnet, Kyanite, Thulite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sitting Bull Group is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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Slocum Prospect is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Rose Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Quartz crystal pockets occur in limestone and sandstone of the Smoke Hole canyon region along the South Branch Potomac.
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Smoky Quartz is a documented rockhounding destination in NH. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Snookum is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Soda Spar Lode is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Soquee River is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Kyanite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Souris River is a documented mineral occurrence near ND. Reported specimens include Quartz gemstones, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Fossils. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Alburg is a documented mineral occurrence near VT. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Boulder River is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Fork Shenandoah River is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Hardin Mica Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Golden Beryl, Muscovite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Mountains is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Feldspar, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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South Yadkin River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Corundum, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Spear is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet, Epidote crystals, Mica. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Spearfish Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Geodes, chalcedony, Silicified wood, amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Spottswood is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Springfield is a documented mineral occurrence near TN. Reported specimens include Gem Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Spruce Pine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Actinolite crystals, Talc, Steatite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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The Spruce Pine district hosts massive pegmatites that supply industrial quartz and feldspar; collector access is mostly observational on public roads.
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Spruce Run is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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St. Louis (calcite area) is a documented mineral occurrence near MO. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Millerite, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Star Blue Quartz is a documented rockhounding destination in AL. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Starlight Claims is a historic mining site in Pershing, Nevada, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth, Galena, Silver, Stibnite, Wolframite.
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Staurolite crystal is a documented rockhounding destination in VA. Collectors visit for quartz crystals, calcite and related material. Access rules and land ownership vary — confirm current status with the managing agency or landowner before collecting.
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Stice Shoal Lake Dam is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl, Emerald, Mica, Smoky Quartz, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Stockton Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Stone Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Stratford is a documented mineral occurrence near NH. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Strickland Quarry near Portland produced elbaite tourmaline and beryl crystals from one of New England's richest pegmatites.
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Sula is a documented mineral occurrence near MT. Reported specimens include Green Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Sunnyside Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NM. Reported specimens include Aquamarine, Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Another Amelia pegmatite operation where collectors dig for quartz and amazonite in clay-rich pocket zones.
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Sweet Surrender Crystal Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Quartz Crystals, Calcite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tahlequah is a documented mineral occurrence near OK. Reported specimens include Pyrite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tin Spike Mine is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Cassiterite, Mica, Wolframite.
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Tiverton is a documented mineral occurrence near RI. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tolland is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tongue River is a documented mineral occurrence near ND. Reported specimens include Calcite crystals, Fossils. 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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Towns County is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Townsvill is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Trevilians is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Tungsten King Mine is a historic mining site in Cochise, Arizona, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Bismuth, Copper, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite.
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Tunk Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near WA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Blue Corundum, Pink Corundum, Thulite, Plagioclase. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Turtle Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near ND. Reported specimens include Quartz gemstones, Agate, Chalcedony. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Twin Sister is a historic mining site in Boulder, Colorado, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl.
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Tyro is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Union is a documented mineral occurrence near WV. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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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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Unnamed Location (Smoky Quartz & Calcite) is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Calcite, Chert, Chlorite, Feldspar. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Unnamed Location Near Cemetery is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz, Brookite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Unnamed Mine Dump (Zircon) is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Zircon crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Vaugh is a documented mineral occurrence near GA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Rose Quartz, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Vernon is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Rose Quartz, Staurolite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Blue Ridge amethyst quartz occurs in vesuvius area pegmatites and stream gravels of George Washington National Forest.
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The Wah Wah Mountains host red beryl, one of the rarest gem minerals, in rhyolite flows—most productive zones are claimed and closed to casual collecting.
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Walker Mountain is a documented mineral occurrence near VA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Walnut Knob Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Aquamarine. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Ware Mine is a documented mineral occurrence near CA. Reported specimens include Beryl, Lepidolite, Quartz crystals, Schorl, Topaz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Commercial crystal mines in the Ouachita Mountains offering tailings and virgin ground digs for clear quartz points and clusters.
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Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines is a documented mineral occurrence near AR. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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West Chesterfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Westerly is a documented mineral occurrence near RI. Reported specimens include Beryl. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Westfield is a documented mineral occurrence near MA. Reported specimens include Chiastolite crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Whippet No. 8 Prospect is a mineral prospect in Fremont, Wyoming, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar.
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White Cloud Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Mica.
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White Marsh is a documented mineral occurrence near MD. Reported specimens include Amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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White Plains is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Columbite, Quartz crystals, Rutile, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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White Rocks Quarry is a documented mineral occurrence near CT. Reported specimens include Beryl, Tourmaline. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Whitewood Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near SD. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Geodes, chalcedony, Chalcedony, Silicified wood, amethyst. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wildhorse Canyon is a documented mineral occurrence near ID. Reported specimens include Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wilhelm Mine is a historic mining site in Custer, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Williams Creek is a documented mineral occurrence near IN. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Williamsboro is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Willow Creek (permission required) is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Amethyst crystals, Chalcedony, Sphalerite, Silver, Agate. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Willowdale is a documented mineral occurrence near PA. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wisdom Ranch is a documented mineral occurrence near CO. Reported specimens include Beryl, Chrysoberyl, Garnet, Graphic Granite. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wiseman's View is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Sandstone. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Wood Tin Lode is a historic mining site in Pennington, South Dakota, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Beryl, Feldspar, Lepidolite, Mica.
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Woodlawn is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Phantom Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Yadkin River is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Quartz crystals, Smoky Quartz. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Yadkin Valley is a documented mineral occurrence near NC. Reported specimens include Beryl, Garnet. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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Yates Center is a documented mineral occurrence near KS. Reported specimens include Amethyst, Quartz crystals. Verify land access and collecting rules before visiting.
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