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Brazil, Minas Gerais

Conselheiro Pena, Brazil

Gem locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: morganite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: pegmatite gem field

Documented pegmatites (e.g. Urucum, Cruzeiro area) producing tourmaline and morganite on mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Underground/open pegmatite workings

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