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Jacupiranga carbonatite quarry, Cajati
Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: apatite, magnetite, baddeleyite, phlogopite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Alkaline carbonatite complex quarried for phosphate, a classic Brazilian mineral locality
Type locality for several minerals, documented in mineralogical literature.
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