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Brazil Update – October 2014
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 10.14.2014 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates

This Brazil Update (click here) features a few selected excellent pieces from Brazil, from the unusual to the amazing.

Brazilianite, Telirio

Brazilianite on Albite, Telirio Mine, Linopolis , Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 7.5 cm

The update includes two remarkable brazilianite specimens from the closed Telirio Mine, a classic Medina aquamarine, a fantastic rutilated quartz from Novo Horizonte, tourmalines, Sapo fluorapatites, a super Brumado dolomite, blue quartz, and a Novo Horizonte hematite that is a black mirror.

aquamarine medina

Beryl var. Aquamarine, Medina, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 5.5 cm

Rutilated quartz

Rutilated Quartz, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil – 8.2 cm


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