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  2. Opal - Wikipedia

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    Fire opal is a transparent to translucent opal with warm body colors of yellow to orange to red. Although fire opals don't usually show any play of color, they occasionally exhibit bright green flashes. The most famous source of fire opals is the state of Querétaro in Mexico; these opals are commonly called Mexican fire opals. [48]

  3. Magdalena, Jalisco - Wikipedia

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    Magdalena is a town and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. Magdalena lies 78 kilometers northwest of Guadalajara. The municipality covers an area of 293.2 km 2. It borders the state of Nayarit to the west, and the town of Tequila to the east. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 18,924. [2]

  4. List of mines in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    This list of mines in Mexico is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

  5. Mexican Geological Survey - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Geological Survey developed a database containing geological mining exploration maps at scales of 1:250,000,and 1:50,000. The database was launched in 2003 and contains information of all geological and geochemical maps. [4]

  6. Mining in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico. Mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product in 2023 and employed 350,000 people in 2020. Mexico is the world's largest producer of silver and a globally significant producer of gold, copper and zinc. In 2020, Mexico produced the world's 12th largest volume of minerals by value.

  7. Tequila, Jalisco - Wikipedia

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    The name "Tequila" has been protected by the Mexican government since 1974, and its use is limited to products distilled from agave grown in certain regions of Mexico. These regions are in the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Guanajuato, and parts of the State of Tamaulipas. The lands in Tamaulipas were added later as the need to ...

  8. Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a ...

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    Soldiers and civilians have been killed in separate incidents in recent months involving 'narco mines' planted in western Mexico. Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a ...

  9. Jalisco - Wikipedia

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    Jalisco, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, [b] is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit , Zacatecas , Aguascalientes , Guanajuato , Michoacán , and Colima .