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Minas Gerais

Romaria diamond mine

Gem locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Also reported: diamond.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Conglomerate hosted diamond deposit on the Bagagem river, worked on and off since 1867

Documented diamond mine in the Triangulo Mineiro geological literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

pit walls

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