Artigas Uruguay

Artigas is located about eight hours by car north of the capital Montevideo, Uruguay, on the border with Brazil.
A special highlight of my trip was seeing the giant amethyst twins. These majestic crystals are so large that a special hall had to be built to house them. The twins are each six meters tall and weigh 24,000 kilograms. The price for both together is an impressive $1.18 million. These gigantic crystals are a true wonder of nature!

Equally impressive was the huge amethyst jewelry box that I also discovered in Artigas.