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Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Pyrite : FeS2, Quartz : SiO2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

A 6.2 by 4.8 cms specimen consisting of a large crystal of Chalcopyrite on which are large and lustrous crystals of Pyrite and long and slender crystals of Quartz. John Sobolewski specimen and photograph.
 © John SobolewskiPhoto ID: 46020    View Count: 298

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Quartz : SiO2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

A fine 7.5 by 5.4 group of long and slender crystals of Quartz among which are scattered crystals of Chalcopyrite. John Sobolewski specimen and photograph.
 © John Sobolewski.Photo ID: 45976    View Count: 236

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

A complete 4.5 by 3.0 cms floater group of large and bright crystals with minor Calcite crystals on the bottom. John Sobolewski specimen and photograph.
 © John SobolewskiPhoto ID: 51986    View Count: 216

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Quartz : SiO2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

I have been lucky enough to have handled several AMAZING pyrites from the Jung collection, and this is another really exceptional one. These wonderful crystals look for all the world like ANTIQUE BRONZE! They really do have an amazingly special luster and surface, as though they were cast by a sculptor! What’s more, the crystals are ranged along ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 51509    View Count: 212

Multiple photos availableChalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Pyrite : FeS2, Quartz : SiO2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Chalcopyrite crystals up to 1cm with Pyrite on Quartz druse - Overall size 7x3x3cm - May of 2007
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 104988    View Count: 90

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal) :

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Chalcopyrite crystals up to 3mm with Quartz crystals up to 1,5cm - July of 2007
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 112331    View Count: 72

Multiple photos availableChalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Geminated crystals over the black Sphalerite. About 10 cm the single crystals, really I never seen a bigger example. Acquired by Pacifico Cossi, now in my personal Peruan suite. Photo Simone Citon.
 © Simone CitonPhoto ID: 171058    View Count: 68

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S, Galena : PbS

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

4.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm. A beautifully balanced combo specimen from Peru, combining sharp, brassy chalcopyrite with stacked cubes of silvery galena and dark, lustrous sphalerite. You can see a galena cube buried right in the middle of the chalcopyrite! Stark contrast of form and color makes this a choice miniature standing out amidst the crowd from ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 171985    View Count: 64

Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Quartz : SiO2, Dolomite : CaMg(CO3)2

Huaron Mines, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Wedge-shaped tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals with prismatic Quartz on yellowish Dolomite. Specimen size 6x4x2,5 cm. From a change at Robilante Mineral Fair, 2001. Photo and collection Alessandro Cantamessa (#940).
Photo ID: 210544    View Count: 24
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