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Mexico, Guerrero
Amatitlan, Guerrero
Amethyst vein diggings
Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: deep purple amethyst with phantoms from hand-worked veins in the hills above Amatitlan, Eduardo Neri municipality, north of the Rio Balsas country
Amatitlan, Guerrero is named alongside Veracruz in mineral references as one of Mexico's classic prismatic amethyst sources
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Guerrero travel security advisories applyHot exposed slopes, unsupported hand-dug workings
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