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Guanajuato

Mineral de La Luz district

Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Veins west of Guanajuato city that yielded the classic Guanajuato amethyst and silver specimens

Specimen locality long represented in museum and collector references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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