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Brazil, Goiás

Catalão, Brazil

Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: pyrochlore, apatite, magnetite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: carbonatite complex

Documented Catalão alkaline-carbonatite complex with pyrochlore, apatite and rare minerals.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open pit, machinery

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