Description: Beinn Mheadhoin (1182m) - pronounced as 'Ben Vane' - was formerly well known as producing smoky quartz, in the 19th century! I have been over it a couple of times but failed to find anything worth carrying out, except for one single beryl crystal on my first visit in 1994. Photo taken looking East at the mountain, with it's distinctive 'tors', in July 2006.

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