Rocha Mineração mine, Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Emerald occurrence in phlogopite schists close to the Belmont and Piteiras mines and the Capoeirana claim. A mine was started in 2005 (first overground, then underground).
Owned by Rocha Mineração S.A.

References:
- Da Silva Lopes, P.H., Cesar-Mendes, J., Roeser, H. (2008): Ein neues Smaragdvorkommen in Brasilien. Die Rocha Mineração Mine in Minas Gerais, Der Aufschluss, 59, 301-315 (in German).