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Oaxaca
Pluma Hidalgo rutile district
Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: rutile, ilmenite, titanite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rutile and ilmenite in Precambrian gneiss of the coastal sierra, prospected for titanium since the early 1900s
Classic Mexican titanium locality cited in mineralogical literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep jungle terrain
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