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Boyaca, Boyacá

Chivor emerald

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Fine emerald, sometimes bluer-green than Muzo, in vein systems..

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

Why this spot

Hydrothermal in black shale

Historic Colombian emerald mine dating to pre-colonial times.

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