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Boyaca, Boyacá

Coscuez emerald mine

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Bright-green emeralds, euclase.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous black-shale hydrothermal

Coscuez is one of the most productive Colombian emerald mines

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