Peru Minerals
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Peru Minerals
Palmo Mine
Peru
Small Cabinet-$75.00
Very showy realgar and orpiment on gray tabular crystals of calcite. The contrast makes the color stand out very nicely.
Huaron
Peru
Cabinet-$125.00
Nice base of white quartz crystals with nice crystal growths of chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Very showy.
Huaron
Peru
Cabinet-$125.00
Nice cluster of milky white quartz intergrown with galena and chalcopyrite. Good showy piece with lots of sparkle.
Peru
Small Cabinet-$80.00
Very cool cluster of quartz crystals with blades of calcite over the surfaces. Lots of nice detail and very aesthetic.
Salinas
Pisco
Peru
Small Cabinet-$70.00
Sharp fishtail selenite crystals on a matrix of frosty selenite over halite. These nice fishtails are getting harder to find.
Casapalca Mine
Huarochiri Province Lima
Peru
Cabinet-$350.00
Very nice “feathers” of mangano calcite with small crystals of chalcopyrite both on the calcite and in the matrix. Some of the matrix chalcopyrite up to 2 cm long. Has a very rich pinkish glow under longwave UV with a few brighter yellow spots.
Huaron
Peru
Small Cabinet-$90.00
Cluster of sharp, white quartz crystals with overgrowths of chalcopyrite and galena. Some of the galena shows some nice flashy oxidation.
Huancavelica
Peru
Small Cabinet-$60.00
Very showy orpiment on gray tabular crystals of barite. The contrast makes the color stand out very nicely.
Peru
Cabinet-$60.00
Very cool clusters of quartz crystals on a sphalerite and galena matrix.
Palomo Mine
Castrovirenyna Province Huancavelica Department
Peru
Small Cabinet-$55.00
Nice clear crystals of tabular barite on a matrix with crystals and druzy orpiment that gives the specimen an orange tint and contrasts with the barite nicely.
Huaron
Peru
Small Cabinet-$30.00
Sharp crystals of chalcopyrite on white quartz. The quartz has a slight pinkish hue from the underlying red matrix.
Peru
Cabinet-$120.00
Sharp crystals of clear quartz on a matrix of bright, shiny galena. Very cool display piece.
