UY Gemstones found here: Uruguay
29 deposits listed · 4 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Los Catalanes Agate Fields · agate
Artigas department deposits bordering Brazil - Uruguay's banded agate capital, mined commercially since 1870.…
Artigas Deposits · amethyst
Across the border belt lies Uruguay's crown: deep saturated "Siberian-grade" purple with red-blue flashes that Brazilian material …