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Presidente Figueiredo / Amazonas quartz-fluorite

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite (Pitinga).

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

Why this spot

Sedimentary / hydrothermal

Pitinga (Presidente Figueiredo) is a major tin-niobium-tantalum mine

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