LOCATION

Localities where beryl is found are confined to a series of highlands more or less parallel to the coastline of southeastern Brazil (mostly in Minas Gerais province), in a region that is maturely weathered, low in elevation, and heavily vegetated, except in the NE corner, which is arid. Granitic pegmatites are abundant and widespread.

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