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Brazil, Minas Gerais
Teofilo Otoni, MG
Gem capital buying town
Gem locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: buy: aquamarine, brazilianite, direct from miners and cutters at dealer prices.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: self-styled world capital of precious stones, hub of the Mucuri valley pegmatite belt, aquamarine above all
English and Portuguese Wikipedia document the gem-capital role, the FIPP international gem fair (since 1989) and the aquamarine, topaz, chrysoberyl and tourmaline trade
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