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Mexico, San Luis Potosí
Charcas, San Luis Potosi
Danburite mine town
Crystal locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and minerals
Coins and tokensAlso reported: apophyllite via local purchase.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: the world's most prolific danburite locality, a colonial silver-zinc mining town where glassy colorless danburite crystals come out of the active mine's workings
Mineral references call Charcas the most well-known danburite locality on earth, with transparent crystals to 30 cm
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active industrial mine areaDo not approach workings or dumps without authorization
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