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Las Cuevas Fluorite Mine, San Luis Potosí

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: fluorite replacement deposit

One of the world's largest fluorite mines, documented on mindat.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active mining

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