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Las Vigas amethyst (Piedra Parada), Veracruz

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What you could find

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

Why this spot

Tertiary volcanic vugs

Source of the famously clear, pale-to-royal 'Veracruz amethyst' scepters (NOT Chihuahua).

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