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Gachala emerald mine

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Deep-green emeralds, source of the famous Gachala Emerald.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous black-shale hydrothermal

Gachala yielded the celebrated 858-carat Gachala Emerald

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