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DIAMANTINA (formerly called Tejuco) , a mining town of the state of Minas Geraes, Brasil, in the N.E. part of the state, 3710 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (189o) 17,980. Diamantina
seminary , and has many churches. Its public buildings are inconspicuous; they include a theatre, military barracks, hospitals, a lunatic asylum and a secondary school. There are several small manufactures, including cotton
rich
Diamantina
long been noted for its wealth. The date of the discovery of diamonds, upon which its wealth and importance chiefly depend, isuncertain, but the official announcement was made in 1729, and in the following year the mines were declared crown property, with a crown reservation, known as the " forbidden district
diameter . Gold-mining was forbidden within its limits and diamond-washing was placed under severe restrictions. There are no trustworthy returns of the value of the output, but in 1849 the total
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