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Minas Gerais
Morro da Mina rhodonite, Conselheiro Lafaiete
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What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: rhodonite, spessartine, rhodochrosite, tephroite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Manganese silicate orebody mined since 1902, a classic source of rhodonite and spessartine rock
Century old mine documented in Brazilian mineralogical literature.
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