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Mexico, Sonora
Milpillas Mine, Sonora
Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: azurite, malachite, brochantite, cuprite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: supergene copper (azurite/malachite)
Modern classic azurite locality widely documented on mindat and in journals.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active mine, no public collecting
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