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Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul

Salto do Jacuí, Brazil

Geode bed Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Agates and jasperAgates and jasper
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GeodesGeodes

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), W.carter (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: agate and amethyst geodes

Documented agate/amethyst geode district in the Salto do Jacuí basalt flows.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Open pits, machinery

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