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Bahia
Morro do Chapéu diamond gravels
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: diamond, carbonado.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Northern Chapada Diamantina town with 19th century diamond and carbonado washings
Documented in Bahian diamond field histories.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote canyons
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