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Magdalena fire opal (La Trinidad mine)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Tertiary rhyolite

Mexico's premier fire-opal district; the classic source of gem Mexican opal.

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