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Boyaca, Boyacá
La Pita / Maripi emerald mines
Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Emerald, dolomite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Cretaceous black-shale hydrothermal
The Pita-Maripi belt became a leading emerald source
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