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Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte

Sao Jose da Batalha (Paraiba tourmaline), Salgadinho

Gem locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Precambrian pegmatite

Mina da Batalha, source of the first Paraiba cuprian tourmaline

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