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Minas Gerais

Diamantina quartz and diamond district

Crystal locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Proterozoic, alluvial and quartz veins

Diamantina highlands, cradle of Brazilian diamond mining

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