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Pajcha Pata, Esteban Arce Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Cretaceous sandstones, marls, limestone and silicified limestone. Limestone and sand are sporadically quarried here for use by a bottle glass factory in Cochabamba city. For mineral collectors, the locality is better known for its bicolored fluorescent rock (the silicified limestone), originally discovered by biologist and lapidary artist Belisario Rioja in the mid-1990s.
Mineral List
| Calcite 'Flint' | Quartz var: Agate | Quartz var: Chalcedony |
5 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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Locality Updated: Osterberg district, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyFrom Thomas Lühr, 23rd May 2013 20:53:42