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Rio Grande do Sul

Quarai / Artigas border agate (BR side)

Agate beach or gravel Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
GeodesGeodes

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain), W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous basalt

Brazilian side of the Artigas-Quarai amethyst district

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