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Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Group of blocky crystals to 3 mm across. Field width: 14 mm. P Haas photograph and collection (no. 25-041).
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 12280    View Count: 682

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Field of view 17 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 74-012.
 © 2005 M. KampfPhoto ID: 26883    View Count: 339

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15, Galena : PbS, Pyrite : FeS2

Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Field of view 6 mm. Collection M. Kampf 74-012.
 © 2005 M. KampfPhoto ID: 39132    View Count: 302

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

A SUPERB cluster of lustrous, steel-gray gratonite crystals jauntily perched on matrix from the Type Locality - Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Gratonite is a rare sulfosalt. Ex Fred Pough Collection. 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 72276    View Count: 255

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Field of view 12 mm. Collection M. Kampf 74-011.
 © 2005 M. KampfPhoto ID: 39131    View Count: 243

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

VERY choice example of this extremely rare mineral species. This is a floater cluster, resembling a flower in appearance in person. The largest crystals reach 6 or 7 mm, which is large for the species. 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm

 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 20896    View Count: 457

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

An EXCELLENT, lustrous, radiating thumbnail specimen of the RARE sulphosalt gratonite from the Type Locality. 1.2 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 55565    View Count: 278

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Rich cluster of many dark metallic gratonite crystals up to 4 mm. From the type locality for gratonite. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #84. Overall size of mineral specimen: 28x20x14 mm. Size of individual crystals: 1-4 mm.
 © 2001 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 1125    View Count: 580

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

2.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm. The overall hourglass form is spectacular, made up of individual crystals to 2.5 mm across in radiating rosettes from the type locality.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 169938    View Count: 90

Gratonite : Pb9As4S15

Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Gratonite. Vasco Trancoso collection. Size: 3.3 x 2.2 x 2 cm. This specimen with a crude spherical shape is covered with gratonite crystals to nearly 4 mm in length. Small galena crystals are also found on a few of the larger gratonite crystals. From a 1940´s find. Photo courtesy from John Veevaert
Photo ID: 183940    View Count: 87
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