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 ...
The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...
THE ICONIC Pulpi Geode has bidden farewell to summer and peak season with incredible numbers for tourism. The Geode, which was reopened on June 7 of this year, experienced an intense summer with ...
Amethyst geodes—some stretching 5 m long—dot the ancient lava flows of Uruguay’s Los Catalanes mining area. The geodes contain calcite, colorless quartz, and agate, another quartz mineral. Large ...
In a recent article in Miner Deposita, researchers presented a comprehensive study of the amethyst and agate geodes in the ...