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Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is the entrance to the Croft Mine. It was a wet wade into the tunnels which had been carved from within a garnet bearing pegmatite fissure. There was plenty of the pegmatite debris lying out in the forest dumps, strewn betweeen the trees and [...]

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Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The area around Bancroft is one of my favorite places for rock-related explorations.
This sodden swamp is a road if you can believe it. It once led to the Croft Mine. Pink zircons are said to be found in the mine dumps and I had [...]

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