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Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode working in open pit mine of the study area, Los Catalanes mining district, northern Uruguay. Along with Ametista do Sul in southern Brazil, these ...

Any geode might make us wonder: What geologic forces form these hollows lined with crystals? But the Pulpí Geode, discovered in an abandoned Spanish mine, takes wonder to a different scale. One of the ...

The Catalán area of Artigas, Uruguay. Synonymous with world-class amethyst, a region of countless treasures. But nothing prepared them for this. Deep within the Santa Rosa mine, operated by Uruguay ...