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Brazil, Minas Gerais

Virgem da Lapa, Brazil

Gem locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: morganite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: pegmatite gem field

Documented pegmatites producing tourmaline and morganite on mindat.View source →

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Hazards noted for this site.

Pits

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