Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

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Ref.: Edwardo Jawerbaum, prominant Argentinian collector and dealer; http://www.papachacraminerals.com.ar/english/aboutpap.htm. Edwardo had excellent representation from this locality at Tucson in 1999. A remote granitic pegmatite occurrence featuring very pale, blue-white albite drusy crystals overgrown epitactically on off-white, prismatic, Baveno-twinned microcline crystals.
- Kuck, A. and Saadi, J. (1998). "Les minéraux des pegmatites de la région de Papachacra - province de Catamarca (Argentine)." Le Règne Minéral(22),pp:5-13.

Map Reference: 27°0'59"S , 66°52'0"W

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Mineral List:

Albite
Bertrandite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Limonite

Microcline
Morinite
Muscovite
Phenakite
Quartz
var: Amethyst

Quartz
var: Citrine
var: Smoky Quartz
Scheelite
Schorl
Topaz

15 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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