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Minas Gerais

Volta Grande pegmatites, Nazareno

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: spodumene, microlite, cassiterite.

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

Why this spot

Lithium and tantalum pegmatites of the São João del Rei province, mined for spodumene and microlite

Documented pegmatite field in Brazilian economic geology literature.

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