Explore / South America / Brazil
Brazil, Minas Gerais
Diamantina, MG
Diamond garimpo heritage town
Gem locality Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: eyes-only: colonial diamond-town streets.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: the 18th-century Brazilian diamond rush capital, UNESCO World Heritage since 1999, garimpeiro relics in the surrounding serras
UNESCO listing and Portuguese Wikipedia document the diamond-rush origin and garimpeiro archaeology (Lapa da Contagem finds, 2017)
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep slick cobbles in town
exposed quartzite ridges on serra walks
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.