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Rio Grande do Norte

Parelhas / Equador pegmatite district (Borborema)

Crystal locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: tantalite, muscovite, cleavelandite.

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

Why this spot

Precambrian pegmatite

Historic mica-beryl-tantalum pegmatite district

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