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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Orpiment12 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Orpiment at this locality.
Enargite12 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Enargite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59549
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59549:2
GUID (UUID V4):66d17577-8753-47b0-a41a-15b3d8256fbe
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
54.1km (33.6 miles) Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
but fairly familiar finds—boleite from the Amelia mine, Baja California, Mexico; zunyite from Quartzsite...==== Sapphirine, 3 cm, from Androy, Toliary Province, Madagascar. The Arkenstone specimen and photo...cm, from the Nuestra Señora del Carmen mines area, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain. Fabre Minerals specimen...locality: the La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Santander Province (region of 4 ...====== Cantabria). The small Pb-Zn mines of the La Florida group have been inactive since 1978, but
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
Catalog/List
1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5 cm tall x 11 cm...AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia 7.6 cm tall... Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,...example, mined 25 years ago from the Pingwu Beryl Mine, is one of the most remarkable of the species. Scheelite
Journal (issue)
.............. ..Erosion Stu.dies in the Lake District Dr. Stephen Moreton 21 ........................interests Colin had a considerable knowledge of old mine buildings and was always keen to share his enthusiasm...mining for green fluorite specimens in the Rogerley mine and author/co-author of the two excellent articles...John Pearce Fluorite (40mm crystal group). Hilton Mine, Scorda/e, Cumbria. Specimen & Photo: John Hall...frogs, tiger beetles) which now inhabits the old mine workings. Needless to say, great care needs to be
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....as very colorful material from within the active mine. Much of the more massive iron oxide is found in...pyrites.” Prior to the development of the kyanite mine several shallow shafts and trenches traditionally
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
low-grade silver-gold deposits such as Yanacocha, Peru. Introduction Enargite-gold vein deposits are the...tonnage, high- sulfidation deposits such as Yanacocha, Peru. Their geochemical, fluid inclusion, stable isotope...(Abbreviations: Ccp = chalcopyrite, En = enargite, Fap = fluorapatite, Fe-Tn = iron-bearing arsenicrich tennantite...containing (e) crystalline quartz, (f) euhedral fluorapatite crystals, (g) an Sb-rich phase with similar...silicate (presumably K-feldspar), aluminosilicates, fluorapatite, or quartz. The vugs presented here appear analogous
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...early 1980s Rock began to concentrate on Brazil and Peru with occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay
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
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
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
Journal (issue)
Blankenship and W. B. Simmons Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota ....Roman, C/z£vei/i deposits of jf v l t h e Ems district in West Germany have yielded over 50 mineral species...The ore-carrying system which comprises the Ems district is known as the Ems-Braubach belt. It consists...Hesse, West Germany. Veins at the Schone Aussicht mine near Dernbach could be considered a part of the...developed in the Ems district. The most important of these are the Silberkaute mine near Arzbach; the Pfingstwiese
Book
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
___ 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
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...OF A CHANGING PLANET Hardness 5 Hardness 8 Fluorapatite Topaz Hardness 6 Hardness 9 Microcline ...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
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
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)
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Spectacular orpiment specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen...of well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction...them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that spe- Marshallsussmanite...hydroxyapophyllite, from the 2011 find at the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Marshall
Journal (issue)
cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff...sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected
Journal (issue)
(thumbnail to miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with...highly knowledgeable assistant). He was then hired by Peru (Nebraska) State College, where he taught classes...Rose” rhodochrosite specimen from the Sweet Home mine (pictured in vol. 24, no. 3, p. 228, Fig. 24), and...other intrusions in the M onteregian alkaline rock province, is a recently discovered, prolific locality fo...have been identified to date, including ancylite-(La), calciohilairite, cordylite-(Ce),franconite, gaidonnayite
Catalog/List
Kyanite show intersecting textures. Diamantina District, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 84A6(a) 5 x 5 cm 5.00 Highly...over the fore-section amethyst crystals. The Irai District, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. combination is a delight...hydroxyl-apatite with large niobian perovFaraday Mine (now Madawaska Mine), crystal specimens, these two were worthy...quartz matrix (4 .5 x 4.1 cm); type locality . Moss Mine, Nordmark, Sweden . Nice miniature (8 x 5 cm) of...collected in North Near Kamiaba River, Kolwezi District , America! The single vug discovered was Shaba
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
Journal (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(2000) Famous mineral localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting...& SMITH, M.E. (1993) The Minerals of the Peak District of Derbyshire 13:16-55 see also SARJEANT, W.A
Book
Explanation of the abbreviations used in the book c s L D DE H CL F M LU R X XX - color streak luster diaphaneity...to black in air; S - red; L - metallic; D opaque; DE - 8.9; H - 2.5 - 3; CL - none; F - hackly; M - cubic...Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...black: S - silver-white; L metallic; D - opaque; DE 10,5; H - 2.5 - 3; CL - none; F - hackly; M - cubic...come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds of silver wires, up
 
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