Chrysocolla on Quartz
As recorded:
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department Peru
33mm x 28mm x 30mm
A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of Quartz crystals covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a well-known Peruvian locality but from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department Peru (03/2020)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 1.18”
Mineral(s)
Chrysocolla, QuartzNone listed
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“A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of Quartz crystals covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a well-known Peruvian locality but from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru.
Found in: 03/2020
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 1.18”
Reference: TA88AL5”
Jordi Fabre - 4th February 2022
Photo added to mindat.org
“A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of Quartz crystals covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a well-known Peruvian locality but from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru.
Found in: 03/2020
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 1.18”
Reference: TA88AL5”
Jordi Fabre - 4th October 2023
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