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Veracruz
Las Minas skarn district
Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Gold
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: epidote, magnetite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Garnet-rich skarns and old gold-copper workings in a deep barranca of the Veracruz sierra
Documented specimen locality in Mexican collector literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep gorge trails
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.