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Bahia
Boquira lead-zinc mine
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: galena, sphalerite, cerussite, hemimorphite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Major galena and sphalerite mine of the 1960s to 1980s in the Paramirim valley
Documented ore deposit in Brazilian economic geology.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
lead dust, open workings
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