 | | Book | | Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...photo: Rhodochrosite crystals withfluorite from Uchucchacua, 5 cm high. Col/. and photo J Hyrsl. Turquoise...earings, Moche period, diameter 10cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100849. Faceted scheelite from Turmalina, 8...turquoise pectoral, size 50 x 21 cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100184. 3: Andean opa/ from Acarí, rough 9 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Alabandite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province Lima Department, Peru T he Swedish chemist Carl...(Ramdohr 1969; Törnroos 1982). It is a member of the galena group, which includes the equally rare niningerite...rhodochrosite from the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru; the largest individual...the fantastic find of alabandites from the Uchucchacua mine. In the United States the western states have...produced specimens of particular note, the Lucky Cuss mine, located near Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona |  | Bussell, M. Andrew, Alpers, Charles N., Petersen, Ulrich, Shepherd, Thomas J., Bermudez, Carlos, Baxter, Alistair N. (1990) The Ag-Mn-Pb-Zn vein, replacement, and skarn deposits of Uchucchacua, Peru; studies of structure, mineralogy, metal zoning, Sr isotopes, and fluid inclusions. Economic Geology, 85 (7) 1348-1383 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.7.1348 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ag-Mn-Pb-ZnVein, Replacement,and SkarnDepositsof Uchucchacua,Peru: Studiesof Structure, Mineralogy, Metal Zoning...Buenaventura, S.A., Carlos Villaran 790, Santa Catalina, Lima 13, Perd AND ALISTAIR N. BAXTER Schoolof Earth...BiglandStreet,LondonE1 2NG, UnitedKingdom Abstract Uchucchacua is anAg-Mn-Pb-Znvein,replacement, andskarnmineraldistrictin...andskarnmineraldistrictin the central Andesof Peru. Host rocksare massiveJumashaFormationshelflimestonesof Turonianage...Fe-rich sphalerite,Mn-rich wurtzite, alabandite,galena, chalcopyrite, andtetrahedrite.Pyrrhotitewasreplacedby |  | | Catalog/List | | good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...00 aaoh. OERUSSITE WITH PINK BLADED BARITE ANO GALENA: 2 to 3 Inch. Mlbladen, Moroooo: Without doubt...and ~nerally were mostly pink bante with a Uttla galena and even lesa cerusslte. Moat of the speolmen•...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...ENARGITE, BOURNONITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian pages |  | | 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............................... 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.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince the dawn of civilization...gold, 11.7 cm tall, from the Ground Hog mine, Gillman district, Eagle County, Colorado. Harvard Mineralogical...minerals including acanthite, graphite, pyrite, galena, and silver-antimony sulfosalts. Although the formation...found on various gangue minerals including pyrite, galena, and calcite (Neumann 1944). Although the Kongsberg...native silver production, the Freiberg mining district of Saxony, Germany, is far older and equally famous |  | Bonazzi, P., Keutsch, F. N., Bindi, L. (2012) Manganoquadratite, AgMnAsS3, a new manganese-bearing sulfosalt from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru: Description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist, 97 (7) 1199-1205 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese-bearing sulfosalt from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru: Description and crystal...from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. It occurs... X‑ray diffraction data, quadratite, Uchucchacua deposit, Peru Introduction For a long time, the only...samples from an Ag-Pb-Zn mine within the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit (Peru). Recently, two other Mn-bearing...collected by J. Hyrsl in the Socorro section of the Uchucchacua deposit (Sejkora 2011) were reported on the RRUFF |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A SpecialIssueDevoted to the Mineral Depositsof Peru Preface ULRICH PETERSEN, Departmentof Earth and...VIDAL, PerubarS.A.,Juan de Arona 830 (Of 90I), Lima 27, Peru AND DONALD C. NOBLE MackaySchoolof Mines,...and Inca wealth canbe seenin the Museo de Oro in Lima. After the readily availablepreciousmetalswere...wasmostlyusedfor the treatment of silver and gold ores in Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico (RodriguezHoyle, 1974). In...1879. Exploratorydrilling for petroleumstartedin Peru in 1863, five yearsafter the Drake well was completedin |  | Bindi, Luca, Biagioni, Cristian, Keutsch, Frank (2018) Oyonite, Ag3Mn2Pb4Sb7As4S24, a New Member of the Lillianite Homologous Series from the Uchucchacua Base-Metal Deposit, Oyon District, Peru. Minerals, 8 (5). 192pp. doi:10.3390/min8050192 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Homologous Series from the Uchucchacua Base-Metal Deposit, Oyon District, Peru Luca Bindi 1, * 1 2 3 *...discovered in the Uchucchacua base-metal deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru, as very rare...the Oyon district, Lima Department, Peru, the district where the type locality (Uchucchacua mine) is located...sulfosalt; copper; antimony; arsenic; Oyon district; Lima department; Peru 1. Introduction Oyonite has been found...minerals from the Uchucchacua base-metal deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. This deposit |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | soluAdditional information on the intricate from Uchucchacua. Dan Weinrich Minerals tion. Complete solid solution...replacing a variety of silver minerals, pyrite, and galena. a specific gravity for the pure metal of 10.5...suggestionsfor this colunrn and c m be from Uchucchacua, Peru. Stuart Wilensky specimen, Jeff Scovil contacted... occurring together) from the Calumet and Hecla mine. Excepment in the oxide zones of a variety of metal...collected from surface exposures near the Copper Falls mine, associations and include those containing other |  | Bindi, L., Keutsch, F. N., Bonazzi, P. (2012) Menchettiite, AgPb2.40Mn1.60Sb3As2S12, a new sulfosalt belonging to the lillianite series from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru. American Mineralogist, 97 (2) 440-446 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3944 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lillianite series from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru Luca Bindi,1 Frank N. Keutsch...from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. It occurs...diffraction data; ramdohrite; lillianite; Uchucchacua deposit, Peru Introduction The building principles...coming from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Lima Department, Peru. The mineral, ideally...ET AL.: MENCHETTIITE, A NEW SULFOSALT FROM UCHUCCHACUA, PERU Occurrence and physical properties The sample |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...quality rubyred rhodochrosite at the Sweet Home Mine is nearly pure manganese carbonate with minimal | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine...hodochrosite–fluorite in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...quality rubyred rhodochrosite at the Sweet Home Mine is nearly pure manganese carbonate with minimal |  | | Report (issue) | | 16.93 99.82 (1) Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru; average electron...Proustite, argyrodite, galena, Mn-bearing calcite. Distribution: From the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit...deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru. Name: Honors Paul G. Spry (b. 1955), Professor of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru. The structure...zone of the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru, a complex...of view 1.6 cm deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru. Spryite is associated with proustite...proustite, argyrodite, and microscopic galena in a Mn-bearing calcite matrix (Fig. 1). Physical and optical...study of a silver and manganese-rich zone of the Uchucchacua polymetallic A preliminary chemical analysis |  | | Report (issue) | | 5.6 cm, from the Lily mine near Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. Trinity Minerals specimen;...clinoatacamite in the Lily mine, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. In 1998 this copper mine began giving up...and he landed the two superb miniatures of Lily mine clinoatacamite now offered on his site (trinityminerals...Zirconolite, 1.2 cm, from Kyauk Tha Mountain, Mogok district, Myanmar. Trinity Minerals specimen; John Veevaert...alluvial deposit near Kyauk Tha Mountain, Mogok district, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma). John says |  | | 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...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection |  | | Catalog/List | | in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst in Creede, Colorado,...Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ... 8 nn ae from the \ slight ¢ « nax 1g Mine : The Kevin Ward Mineral Exceptional German |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Pelt photo. March/April: Calcite, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Terry E. Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum...Scovil photo. September/October:Gold, Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History...Barker, D. L., Fluorescent Gibbsite fromYunnan Province, China, 110-11 Behuninia, Utah, 235 Beidellite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | both major types consist of coexisting sphalerite, galena, pyrite with quartz, sericite and carbonates gangue;...Korea; 2, Yeonhua I1, Korea; 3, Henpaoshan-Sikarg province, hina; 4, Groundhog, New Mexico, USA; 7, Frisco... Arizona, USA; 11, Bluebell, Canada; 12. Uchucchacua, Peru Table 1. Sphalerite chemistry for the Thermes...formation temperature estimates of 250~ sphalerite-galena equilibrium sulfur isotope pairs (Changkakoti et...inclusion salinity (wt.% NaC1 equivalent except Uchucchacua: in wt.% NaC1 + CaCI2 equivalent versus total |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [Northeastern University] at 11:57 17 November 2014 Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory, Canada T he ruby silvers...have been available in recent years from the Husky mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Consequently, in keeping...this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, a Husky mine polybasite has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...masses to 1 cm are reported from the Johnny Bull mine, Silver Plume. It occurs with a variety of other...other silver minerals in mines of the Rico district, Dolores County, where it has been found as small hexagonal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | POLYMETALLIC AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATION BELT OF CENTRAL PERU ' PIERRE SOLER InstitutFrancais deRecherche Scientifique...ig- riods of polymetallic mineralizationin central peru neousactivity,both effusiveand intrusive,and the...polymetallicbelt of cha district, located a few kilometers northeast of central Peru (Petersen, 1965; Bellido...marginalChuncommonin southernPeru (e.g., Noble et al., 1984) gar district, located in the middle part of the belt and in...normal middle ognized in the cordillera of central Peru. In this Miocene age. generalarea, a considerablenumber |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ream Dennis Beals reports that the Fresnillo District, Mexico is not closed like I wrote last month...Fine Minerals selection, barite from the Meikle Mine complex from the Great Basin Minerals selection...Australia, tel., 03-9314-9612) had several spessartine Mine ral News 2 crystals from Broken Hill, New South...had a good selection of the most incredible Acif Mine. Mibladen. Morocco vanadinites. These were all the...me. They should probably be listed as: San Pedro Mine, Santa Fe Co ., New Mex ico . Ray DeMark Japan |  | | Catalog/List | | base. 60x60x22mm. £45. 4) ARAGONITE. West Mary Ann Mine, Menheniot, Cornwall. A nice clean white floss ferri...£22. 7) BAYLDONITE and MIMETITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Rich cellular quartz veinstone...80x50x50mm. £75. 8) BOULANGERITE and QUARTZ. Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China. A large 70x20mm terminated quartz...terminations. 50x40x20mm. £35. 11) CALCITE. Potosi Mine, Chuhuahua, Mexico. Large first sized spongy looking...calcite. 110x50x70mm. £30. 12) CASSITERITE. Viloco Mine, La Paz, Bolivia. Group of about ten very lustrous |
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