Where to Find Fluorite in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 6 mapped collecting spots that report fluorite, spread across 6 counties. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every fluorite spot we track in Pennsylvania
Best spotCornwallLebanon County, PennsylvaniaPublic access · Actinolite, Andradite, Calcite +10
Best spotBrookdale MineChester County, PennsylvaniaPublic access · Quartz, Pyromorphite, Azurite +4
White RocksCumberland County, PennsylvaniaCheck locally · Cryptomelane, Goethite, Fluorite +3
LancasterLancaster County, PennsylvaniaPublic access · Dogtooth Calcite, Fluorite, Hematite +2
Monroe CountyMonroe County, PennsylvaniaPublic access · Calcite, Pyrite, Fluorite
Union FurnaceHuntingdon County, PennsylvaniaPublic access · Calcite, Fluorite
Standout fluorite spots in Pennsylvania
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Brookdale Mine
Chester County
The Brookdale Mine lies in the Phoenixville / Wheatley lead district, source of some of the finest pyromorphite specimens ever found in the United States.
Cornwall
Lebanon County
Cornwall is one of the most famous iron deposits in eastern North America, a magnetite skarn worked for over two centuries.
Best counties for fluorite in Pennsylvania
Ranked by the number of mapped fluorite spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the fluorite identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Fluorite in the encyclopedia.
