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Minas Gerais

Barra do Salinas / Coronel Murta area

Crystal locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: aquamarine, morganite in pegmatite pockets.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Precambrian pegmatite

Pegmatite belt of the middle Jequitinhonha valley

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Coronel Murta, Brazil0 km away · Gem locality
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Coronel Murta tourmaline mines1 km away · Gem locality
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Barra do Salinas kyanite/aquamarine additional2 km away · Gem locality
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Virgem da Lapa pegmatites26 km away · Crystal locality
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