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Rio Grande do Sul
Rodeio Bonito amethyst mines
Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Geodes
Agates and jasperPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0), Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
Basalt hosted amethyst geode adits in the Alto Uruguai belt next to Ametista do Sul
Producing municipality documented in Rio Grande do Sul geode mining surveys.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
underground workings
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