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Sapphire from South America Plate

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Sapphire

Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
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Sapphire

Portezuelo de Pajas Blancas deposit, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
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Sapphire

Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
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Sapphire

Portezuelo de Pajas Blancas deposit, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
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Sapphire

Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
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Sapphire

Portezuelo de Pajas Blancas deposit, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Argentina
 
  • Jujuy Province
    • Rinconada Department
Zappettini, E. O. (1999). Zafiros aluvionales de la Puna, Jujuy. Recursos minerales de la República Argentina. Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales. SEGEMAR, Anales 35: 1847-1849, Buenos Airs, Argentina.
Ian Graham, Stephen Harris, Laure Martin, Angela Lay, William Powell, Elena Belousova, Eduardo Zappettini (2018) Unusual alluvial sapphires from Orosmayo, Argentina: a multi-analytical approach to decipher their
Brazil
 
  • Bahia
    • Canudos
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (p. 124).
  • Ceará
Rafael Hernandes Corrêa-Silva.
Chile
 
  • Atacama
    • Copiapó Province
      • Copiapó
Miranda-Díaz, G., Riveros-Jensen, K., Heide, G., Menzies, A., Griem, W., Araya-Tabilo, E., ... & Medina, E. (2022). Geology and mineralogy of sapphire-rich metasomatites (sapphirites) deposit at the Portezuelo de Pajas Blancas, northern Chile: Genetic implications for unusual metasomatic processes in the Central Andes. Ore Geology Reviews, 141, 104646.
 
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