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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 minerals
Agates and jasperAlso 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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