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Mato Grosso

Alto Paraguai and Diamantino gravels

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: diamond.

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

Why this spot

Diamond bearing river gravels at the Paraguay headwaters, worked since the 1700s

Documented historic diamond field in Mato Grosso.

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