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Bolivia, Potosí Department

Colquechaca, Bolivia

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: cassiterite.

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).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: silver-tin district

Documented historic silver-tin district on the Bolivian altiplano.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

High altitude, old workings

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