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Boyaca, Boyacá

Muzo emerald mine

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: euclase.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous black-shale hydrothermal

Muzo is the archetypal Colombian emerald mine; access strictly controlled

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