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Emerald from
Cerro Taquicacca, Chuquibamba (Janac Chuquibamba), Cuzco, Peru


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Emerald
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Comments:Petersen took this information from Gustavo Steinmann (1929/1930) Geologia del Peru. (Heidelberg), but there has been no confirmation since then.
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Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Emerald data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Taquicacca, Chuquibamba (Janac Chuquibamba), Cuzco, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:765416
Long-form Identifier:1:3:765416:9
GUID (UUID V4):990521f6-404f-4639-92a8-e07c3f2770e6
References
Petersen, G.G. (1970) MinerĂ­a y metalurgĂ­a en el antiguo Peru. Arqueologicas, 12 140pp. (Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia, Lima)
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Petersen, Georg G. (2010) Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient PerĂş. GSA Special Paper 467. Geological Society of America
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Mines and mineral resources—Peru—History. 2. Metallurgy—Peru—History. 3. Peru— Antiquities. I. Title. TN52.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cerro de Pasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...In collaboration with mining companies, such as Cerro de Pasco Corporation (Lima) and Compañía Minas de...are still in use today. Native copper from the Cerro de Pasco Mine, a shell used as a palette for mixing...was leading a copper exploration field program at Cerro Verde. He suggested that I might be interested in
 
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