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Corundum from
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1581005
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1581005:8
GUID (UUID V4):f8d3caf9-962c-46c3-9f5b-d6f91897ddb2
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil...Avda. Rey Gustavo Adolfo 250-J Estacion Central Santiago, Chile jZonfenls * * . I n t r o d u c t i............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c............... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO BUENO G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE GEOLOGY AND ORE THE QUIRUVILCA RICHARD DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF PERU W. LEWIS, JR. CONTENTS PAGE.................... Geologicfeatures of the Quiruvilca mine ............................. 48 48 49 Rock............................................ Quiruvilca mine .............................................The Quiruvilca copper-lead-zincdistrict is in the Department of La Libertad in north-central Peru. The...only large mine in this area is the Quiruvilca mine, owned and operatedby the Northern Peru Mining and
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Catalog/List
·minated modified (B) 3/4x1 11 $4.50. ANDORITE ltos mine, Oruro, Bolivia Superb silvery-gray metallic modified...section BARITE Select quartz on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal...Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona bright blue crystallized botryoidal nodules on minor azurite La Sal...termination. ¼x¼xl½11 $12.50. BISMUTH IN ITE East Pool mine, Cornwall, England Dark gray elongated fibrous 2...intergrown brownish BENITO ITE The Dall es Gem mine, San Benito Co. ,California Select deep blue translucent
Journal (issue)
443 by R. B. Cook , Jr. Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca, Peru ............................................with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...topography; Anonia 7.5-minute quadrangle (1972). Today the mine area is considerably more extensive than shown....and rutile were produced by the alteration of corundum. Watson and Watson (1912) were undecided except...as very colorful material from within the active mine. Much of the more massive iron oxide is found in
Journal (issue)
from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James...8(1):3-8 Secondary copper minerals of the Crusader mine, north-west Queensland. Sharpe, James L. and Williams...suite of secondary minerals from the Nifty copper mine, Western Australia. Downes, P.J., Shields, P. and...7(1 ): 19-26 • Kasolite from the British Empire mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Plimer, Ian R., Besley...8(2):7S-79 Mendozavilite from the Fitzgerald River district, Western Australia. Birch, William D., Pring,
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Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan...Pakistan, 33 (with Schorl), 47 Jos, Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais...(with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20...Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31 Calcite (on...Cassiterite Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Prov., China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut
Catalog/List
5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...5x2x1", £10.00 6. ANDRADITE GARNET. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devonshire. A vitreous brownishgreen...25x5/8", £15.00 12. ANDRADITE/URALITE. Cornwall Iron Mine, Lebanon Co, Colorado, U.S.A. Lustrous coffee­ brown...Bindheimite. 2.5x2x1.25", £5.75 18. ANTIMONITE. Hunan Province, China. A terminated, matrix-free, elongated silvery-grey...APATITE (Var: Francolite) - Holmbush Form. Holmbush Mine, Nr. Callington, East Cornwall. Vuggy Quartz/Chloritic
Journal (issue)
South Africa................................189 by A. de Grys, M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine... L. Purcell A baumhauerite-like mineral from Quiruvilca, P e r u ......................................Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent...to fabulous exhibits of Red Cloud mine wulfenite, N’Chwaning mine rhodochrosite, French pyromorphite
Catalog/List
<2x1t", £4. SOp /-. " 9. AUTUNITE." South Terras Mine, St. ~e~; Cornwall. Pale green flakes and masses...places. 2~2x1t", £18.00 11. AZURITE. Sir Domoni r Mine, Mt. Painter, S. Auatralia. Select cluster of large...3-~x2il-x2", £23.00 14. BARYIES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall. Specimen A: Lustrous creamygrey...mass. 1~x1x~", £3.50p 15. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Fine lustrous golden-brown...3x2-}x1i.-", £9.00 16. BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsberry Mine, Alston Moor, Cumberland. Select sharp tabular crystals
Catalog/List
£13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...1" in length. 3x2x1'~'" £9.00 10. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Choice bright...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey...crystals. 2tx1~", £6.5Op 18. CALCITE. Cammock eals Mine, weardale, Co. Durham. Specimen A: Select creamy-whit
Journal (issue)
Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...collectors today have a certain amount of accessioning and de-accessioning going on as a routine part of their...consult the nearest 16-year-old. Arizona Dealers De Natura Douglass Minerals Les & Paula Presmyk P...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of
Catalog/List
crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey...crystals,. all over 2.5 x2.5 inch surface Likasi Mine, Katanga Congo £25 14. SIDERITE rich red-brown
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
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mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE...Goldstrike Pit, Elko,Nevada. U.S.A Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½...Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture.Japan Venice Dome, Lousiana, U
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...sapphires and rubies are actually the same mineral, corundum. The difference between the two is at the atomic...Fluorapatite Topaz Hardness 6 Hardness 9 Microcline Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida...Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11 x 10 cm Hardness 7 Hardness 10 ...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
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canadien de la nature Text copyright © 1994 by Canadian Museum of Nature/ Musee canadien de la nature Photographs...volcanos in Iceland, or black smokers along the Juan de Fuca ridge beneath the Pacific Ocean, also provide...P L AT E 8 Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New Mexico. 4 x 5 cm. Thesecrystals formed...I ( o p p o s i t e ) Elbaite. Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California. i o-cm crystals. The dramatic...world. P L AT E 2 4 Almandine. Hedgehog Hill, Peru, Maine. 6 x 9 cm. Perhaps the most common species
Catalog/List
South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 88 Unusual rich yellow vitreous...Skye, Scotland AEGI. R JNE 17 Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 2 While crystals well covering Basall...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...mass Cc Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish...ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE Ce Dastnas Mine Sweden J 009 variety VTR.IDCNE (Mangan rich variety)
Catalog/List
South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond..._ _ __ ___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass...Andesite _ .• __ _ ____ . __ lx2£2. 50 2x2 Holmbush Mine, Kelly Bray . 32 APATITE Variety Francol i te.rich...·va"i-i�ty-FRA- NCOLJTE r i ch whik �llular Holmbush Mine Cornwall £2.40 __ CaP0/4 C0/3 F __ _____ __ mass
Catalog/List
Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal..._lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown location I 1 63 □a
Journal (issue)
.89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .95 by J. Hyršl Pseudomorphs from Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....White Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . ....BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The
 
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