Papachacra, El Portezuelo Granite, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

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A remote granitic pegmatite occurrence featuring very pale, blue-white albite drusy crystals overgrown epitactically on off-white, prismatic, Baveno-twinned microcline crystals.
Edwardo Jawerbaum, prominant Argentinian collector and dealer, had an excellent representation from this locality at Tucson in 1999.- Kuck, A. and

References

- Saadi, J. (1998): "Les minéraux des pegmatites de la région de
Papachacra - province de Catamarca (Argentine)." Le Règne Minéral(22), 5-13.
- COLOMBO, Fernando; LIRA, Raúl and PANNUNZIO MINER, Elisa V.. Mineralogical Characterization Of Topaz From Miarolitic Pegmatites And W-Bearing Greisen In The A-Type El Portezuelo Granite, Papachacra (Catamarca Province). Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.2, pp. 194-200.

External Links

- http://www.papachacraminerals.com.ar/english/aboutpap.htm

Mineral List

Albite Anatase Bertrandite Brookite Calcite Cassiterite Chamosite Danalite Florencite-(Ce)

Fluorite Foitite Goethite Hematite Lepidolite Limonite Magnetite Microcline Microlite Group

Morinite Muscovite Orthoclase Phenakite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Citrine var: Smoky Quartz Rutile Scheelite

Schorl Siderite Topaz Xenotime-(Y) Zinnwaldite Zircon

33 entries listed. 27 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.