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Portugal, Viseu

Viseu Pegmatite District, Portugal

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: lepidolite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: lithium/beryl pegmatites

Documented pegmatite region around Viseu with beryl, tourmaline and lithium minerals.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Quarry faces, old pits

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