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Minas Gerais
Serro diamond and gold town
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: diamond.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Colonial mining town on the Espinhaço flank whose creeks yielded gold and diamonds from the 1700s
Well documented colonial mining center in Brazilian historical and geological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep tracks
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.