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Minas Gerais
Araxá niobium and barite complex
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: pyrochlore, barite, monazite, magnetite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Carbonatite complex at Barreiro hosting the worlds largest niobium operation plus barite and rare earth minerals
Extensively described carbonatite in geological literature.
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