Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode (IMAGE)

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Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode

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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 regions are the world’s leading mining districts for gems which come from volcanic lava, such as amethyst and agate geodes.

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Santiago Guerrero Cherma

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