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Meldon Aplite Quarry, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UKβ“˜ Amblygonite, β“˜ Aplite, β“˜ Axinite-(Fe), β“˜ Bavenite, β“˜ Beryl, β“˜ Beryllonite, β“˜ Chert, β“˜ Chrysoberyl, β“˜ Columbite-(Mn), β“˜ Cordierite, β“˜ Datolite, β“˜ Eudidymite, β“˜ Feldspar Group, β“˜ Fluorapatite, β“˜ Fluorite, β“˜ Hornfels, β“˜ Lepidolite, β“˜ Milarite, β“˜ Montebrasite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Pegmatite, β“˜ Perthite, β“˜ Petalite, β“˜ Pollucite, β“˜ Prehnite, β“˜ Priceite, β“˜ Rhodizite, β“˜ Shale, β“˜ Spodumene, β“˜ Topaz, β“˜ Tourmaline, β“˜ Tuff
Meldon Mine, Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon, Devon, England, UKβ“˜ Andradite, β“˜ Arsenopyrite, β“˜ Axinite Group, β“˜ Bornite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chert, β“˜ Danburite, β“˜ Garnet Group, β“˜ Grossular, β“˜ Helvine, β“˜ Hornfels, β“˜ LΓΆllingite, β“˜ Malayaite, β“˜ Molybdenite, β“˜ Pyroxene Group, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Scheelite, β“˜ Skarn, β“˜ Vesuvianite, β“˜ Wollastonite

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