This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM
Among the most commented upon novelties at Tucson 2007 were Peruvian Rhodonites from the San Martín Mine. Although this mine was previously known for that species, more careful methods of extraction by the actual owners of the mine made it possible to obtain new samples of a high quality, especially if we consider their color, because previous Rhodonites were generally pinker than the best new ones, which are more red.
Our selection is based, precisely, on picking just the deep red specimens because we believe color is the most distinctive aspect, in terms of quality, of the Rhodonite.
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TM6J8: Excellent miniature formed by groups of sharp, flat, prismatic crystals of exceptional transparency and color. The existence of a group of Quartz crystal adds esthetic force and mineralogical interest to the specimen.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (03/2007)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.67”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.31”
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TC36J7: Excellent miniature formed by groups of flat prismatic crystals, extraordinarily sharp and exceptional color and transparency. The presence of a group of prismatic crystals of Quartz adds esthetic force and mineralogical interest to the specimen.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (03/2007)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.67” × 0.31”
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TY64Q0: Group of flattened crystals of sharp, very well defined faces and edges and of very intense and uniform color and an excellent luster.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (03/2007)
Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 1.02” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.63” × 0.28”
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TQ52AD1: Divergent growths of flattened Rhodonite crystals that are bright, translucent but with some transparent terminations and with a very intense pink color. The crystals, more isolated than usual, are on Calcite matrix.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (2007)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”
Calcite fluorescent short UV
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TX67L1: Flattened Rhodonite crystals, with a laminar habit, translucent and with excellent and very intense color. Small white Calcite crystals add a nice contrast.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (01/2007)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.02” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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ME90K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with growths of smallwhite crystals of Quartz. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red most than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (08/2007)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.57” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
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TX96AM9: Divergent growths of flattened Rhodonite crystals, lustrous, translucent, with some transparent terminations and an intense color, with whitish zoning. The crystals are more isolated than usual in specimens from this provenance, and are on a Calcite matrix.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.34” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
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TA76J8: Groups of sharp, flattened, prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of exceptional transparency and color, on a matrix of white crystals of Calcite, crystals of Quartz and small crystals of Pyrite.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (03/2007)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 1.65” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.24”
Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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TX36I8: Group of flat prismatic crystals, very well-defined and bright and more isolated than usual for that mine. They form fans. We specially note its color, extraordinary even for the most usual from the locality. On adition there is a tabular Pyrrhotite crystal with sharp faces and edges. On the back of the sample there are small crystallizations of Sphalerite and Pyrite. Considering all the items it is a high level specimen.
San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department Peru (11/2006)
Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.5 × 3.8 cm = 4.53” × 3.35” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”
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TEX13AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
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TM63F5: The beautiful world of nature never ceases to surprise me. The combination of pink Rhodochrosite and the golden Pyrite on which it sits looks like some form of offering. With the extra features of bevelled edges and the light color zoning of the Rhodochrosite make, especially given its simplicity, this one even more beautiful.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (04/2005)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.67”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TB64AK2: Very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, brighter and more vivid pink than usual in specimens from this locality. On matriz, with small Quartz crystals. A fine miniature.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 1.02”
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TP66H6: Nice miniature of rhombohedral crystals that have exceptional color and luster. Small crystals of Quartz skirt the edges.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (15/02/2006)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.38” × 0.94” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”
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EY96AD8: Aggregate of very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, translucent and with a very intense, deep and uniform pink color, on matrix with Sphalerite, Pyrite and Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (2005-2008)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.14” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47”
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TDX14AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an
intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”
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TC6AJ9: Druse on matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very intense and vivid pink color. The sample is from a recent find very deep in the Manuelita mine that has offered samples of better quality that those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.02” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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TJ66AJ9: Aggregates on a matrix with small Quartz crystals of sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very intense and vivid pink color and partially coated, as is also the matrix, by small Quartz crystals. The sample is from a recent find very deep in the Manuelita mine that has offered samples of better quality that those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.65” × 1.42” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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TH6AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019 )
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 0.63”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”
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XM2110MFA: Druse of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with an intense and uniform color, with very well defined and lustrous faces and edges, associated with a small group of darkened Chalcopyrite crystals. It comes from a mine exploited for silver as well as zinc, copper and lead.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.02” × 0.63”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”
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MGX26AQ1: Group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals of good size, very sharp, with good luster and an intense and uniform color. On matrix and with Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (15/07/2006)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 1.34”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”
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TC67AK2: Very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with very distinct polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, bright and more intense pink than usual in specimens from this locality. On matrix, with small aggregates of Sphalerite crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.42” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
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MA50G9: Crystals are rhombohedrons with very sharp faces and edges of a splendid size and we call your attention to its great color and the elegant disposition on matrix.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (10/2005)
Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 5 cm = 2.36” × 1.38” × 1.97”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”
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SV90TRX: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, with polycrystalline surfaces, good luster, and an intense and vivid pink color, accompanied by tiny crystals of Pyrite. The specimen comes from a find made in March 2019 on a very deep level of the Manuelita mine, and with specimens of higher quality than previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.68” × 1.89” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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TX76AJ9: Druse on matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very intense and vivid pink color. The sample is from a recent find very deep in the Manuelita mine that has offered samples of better quality that those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 1.97” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
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TC96H7: Group of rhombohedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges and an excellent color. Notice the zonation of the color corresponding to different phases of growth, darker at the center of the crystal with alternating zones of different shades of pink nearer the edges. The group is on a matrix of small crystals of Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (15/02/2006)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.83” × 2.13” × 0.79”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”
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MB56Y0: Aggregate of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with an intense and uniform pink color. They are on matrix and some crystals are partially coated by white microcrystalline Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (15/07/2006)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”
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HM180TZ: Growth of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, good luster, and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual. On matrix.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 3.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.54”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
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TA99AJ9: Druse on matrix of sharp rhombohedral crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, bright and with a very intense and vivid pink color. The sample is from a recent find very deep in the Manuelita mine that has offered samples of better quality that those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 5 cm = 3.15” × 2.36” × 1.97”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
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TG91AK2: A matrix piece of very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with very distinct polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, lustrous and more vivid pink than usual in the specimens from this deposit. Outstanding, among the best found in this locality, both for its definition and its color. This piece was photographed and featured in the magazine "Le Règne Minéral", number 148, page 29 and by the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 72 in the volume 24, number 3
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.7 × 4 cm = 3.27” × 2.64” × 1.57”
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59”
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TYX90AO2: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, with good luster and an intense and vivid pink color. The specimen comes from a find in the Manuelita mine, made at a great depth, and with specimens of higher quality than those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 8 × 6.1 cm = 3.31” × 3.15” × 2.40”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”
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TZX89AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019 )
Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.8 × 5.8 cm = 3.39” × 3.07” × 2.28”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”
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TVY91AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color. Altogether a piece with great aesthetics, very well balanced.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019 )
Specimen size: 10.4 × 8,4 × 6.3 cm = 4.09” × 3.15” × 2.48”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
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MRX89AP4: Rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, more isolated and much sharper than usual in specimens from this locality. They are lustrous, with an intense pink color, on matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (03/2019)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 3.74” × 1.69”
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”
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TP29P1: Groups of rhombohedral crystals, very well defined and slightly curved. Their color is intensely pink and they contrast against a matrix coated by Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (2007)
Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 8 cm = 4.33” × 3.86” × 3.15”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”
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TA97Y3: Groups of complex Sphalerite crystals that are translucent, have a honey color and are partially coated by small cuboctahedral Galena crystals. On matrix, with groups of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals. Very elegant.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru
Specimen size: 9.2 × 7 × 5.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.76” × 2.05”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”
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From the not so well known Santa Rita Mine come these Sphalerites of clear color and sharp crystals, well placed on a matrix covered by concretions of non pink Rhodochrosite. This mine also produces some high quality Galena.
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TZ46H6: A group of twinned crystals with sharp faces and edges. They have orangish color and an excellent luster. Crystals are partially covered by concretions of Rhodochrosite. There is also some minor Galena on the matrix.
Santa Rita Mine, →4300 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (2006)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 5.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 2.05”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”
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EK26N8: Complex crystals of deep honey color. Of a considerable size for the locality, they are on a matrix partially coated by Rhodochrosite.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín Peru (21/06/2007)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.57” × 3.03” × 2.32”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”
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TV86H6: Crystals have rounded shapes but they are formed by stepped planes with the faces of the cube and the octahedron and they are very sharp and bright. Between the crystals of Galena some groups of transparent crystals of Quartz appear.
Santa Rita Mine, →4300 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (2006)
Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.72” × 2.76” × 2.17”
Main crystal size: 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.59”
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TRJ16AO2: Group of very sharp 'Pearceite' crystals, with a hexagonal outline, lustrous and on matrix, with Calcite and Proustite crystals. In the absence of more information, we retain the original name 'Pearceite' although Uchucchacua specimens, according to the recent nomenclature changes introduced by the IMA, would generally more specifically be Pearceite-T2ac.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
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Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.91” × 0.59”
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TV47AL6: Very aerial group of ‘Pearceite’ crystals, with sharp faces and edges, and very marked and shiny striations, on matrix. Accompanied by small transparent Proustite crystals with a bright red color. We label the specimen 'Pearceite', with quotation marks, due to the changes introduced by the IMA in the nomenclature of the species, recently subdivided. The sample comes from the well-known Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.55” × 0.47”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”
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TH27AL9: Group of ‘Pearceite’ crystals with sharp faces and edges, and very marked striations, shiny and aesthetically centered on its matrix of white Calcite crystals. We label the species with quotation marks around 'Pearceite' due to the changes introduced by the IMA in the nomenclature of the species, which was recently subdivided.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 3.9 × 2 × 1,9 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.39”
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
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TM98AJ3: Group of Pearceite crystals with a thick-tabular shape and very well defined hexagonal contour. They are very bright and are on matrix, with rhombohedral Calcite crystals, small cubic Pyrite crystals, and Chalcopyrite crystals.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 2.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
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MMR37AO1: Rosettes of very sharp tabular 'Pearceite' crystals with a hexagonal outline and extraordinary luster. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and small Chalcopyrite coatings.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (±2008)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.50” × 1.26”
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Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Calcite |
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TC540MX: Group of Pearceite crystals (polytype T2ac) on matrix, very sharp and lustrous, with a pseudohexagonal contour, associated with well-defined Proustite and Calcite crystals.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm = 3.46” × 1.85” × 0.91”
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| Acanthite with Silver |
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TRB46AN4: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Acanthite rich in additional crystal forms, lustrous, and with hooked growths of native Silver crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.63” × 0.47”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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Acanthite with Pyrite |
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EK47L1: Complex crystal, well defined and elongated, with multiple faces, some of them curved. Really good size, on an Acanthite base with small cubic Pyrite crystals.
Uchucchacua Mine, work 012, level 400, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (01/2007)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 1.65” × 0.51” × 0.39”
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| Silver with Calcite |
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TV87AF1: Wonderful dendritic and very elongated octahedral crystals on matrix. The crystals exhibit very well defined spinel law twinning. The quality of the sample is better than is usually known for the locality.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2015)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.38” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 3.8 × 0.1 cm = 1.50” × 0.04”
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Silver with Calcite |
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TB98AL5: Very aerial arborescent growth of Silver with crystalline surfaces, bright, on matrix, with deformed Calcite crystals. This high quality specimen comes from the private collection of Marc Mitterman, whose signed label we will send to the buyer.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 1.22” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”
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AA63P9: Wire growths of very much elongated crystals that have a good luster and are on matrix.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (01/2001)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.06” × 0.28”
Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
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Silver on Calcite |
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NR89AJ9: Very aerial arborescent growths of native Silver on a Calcite matrix. The sample, esthetically very fine, is from a locality were native Silver is well known but only sporadically offers good pieces for The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.73” × 1.30” × 0.98”
Former collection of Ignacio Hernández
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| Wire Silver |
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E49EB3: Long wire silver crystal on a small matrix partially covered by dark hydrated Manganese Silicate.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (01/2001)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.06”
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Silver with Calcite and Galena |
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EC90N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent arborescent growth of native Silver, very aerial, with attractive curvature and on matrix, with Calcite and Galena.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (02/2009)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.98”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.59”
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| Proustite |
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TR54D9: Proustite with Rhodocrosite and Quartz. It is very aerial, very esthetic, perfect, and shows a good contrast with the matrix. There is a first generation of darker crystals and a second one of redder ones. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the person that buys it.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2003)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.36” × 2.28” × 1.38”
Main crystal size: 0.3 cm = 0.12”
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Rhodochrosite |
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THM27AN6: Group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, with bright luster and an intense and uniform color, on matrix.
We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.02” × 1.06” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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EF88AK5: Group of scalenohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with slight curvatures, translucent, very deep red, with good luster, on matrix. A fine miniature from a classic Peruvian locality.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 4 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.57” × 0.98” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”
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Rhodochrosite with Quartz |
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AV97AE4: Rhodochrosite crystals with a prismatic shape and rhombohedral terminations over a matrix of manganese oxides. They are very transparent, with an intense red color, and are with clear Quartz crystals.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 0.75”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”
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| Rhodochrosite with manganese oxides |
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TFR87AO0: Crystals of Rhodochrosite very sharp, transparent and with an intense color on a matrix of manganese oxides. The specimen, very characteristic of Uchucchaccua, is in a better state of preservation than is usual for specimens from that locality.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.09” × 2.01” × 1.50”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”
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Rhodochrosite with manganese oxides |
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EQ36AC4: Sharp and very well defined crystals with the faces of a prism, a scalenohedron and a terminal rhombohedron. They are transparent, bright, with a very vivid, deep and luminous color. On a matrix with botryoidal aggregates of manganese oxides. At the base of the dominant crystal there is a recrystallized natural fissure.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.1 × 5.8 cm = 2.13” × 2.01” × 2.28”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”
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| Rhodochrosite with manganese oxides |
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EG70AE4: Aggregate of Rhodochrosite crystals with a prismatic shape and rhombohedral termination. Very transparent with an intense red color and in a vug coated by manganese oxides on a rocky matrix.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2006)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.24” × 1.81” × 1.65”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”
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Rhodochrosite with manganese oxides |
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MD94AD2: Very sharp and acute scalenohedral Rhodochrosite crystals. They are transparent, have a very intense red color, and are on a matrix of manganese oxides with small Quartz crystals. The sample is very characteristic of Uchucchacua and it is better conserved than usual.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (±2000)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.36” × 2.24”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.63” × 0.35”
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NE91AL5: Flattened rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, almost lenticular, a rare habit in the deposit, with polycrystalline growths on the faces. On matrix, between transparent and translucent, bright red and with good luster.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.9 × 4.4 cm = 3.27” × 1.93” × 1.73”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
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Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite |
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MF14AM9: Cubo-octahedral Alabandite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, twinned according to the spinel law, lustrous, on a Calcite matrix. We will send the specimen, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.87” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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| Alabandite with Calcite |
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TAF56AN6: Very sharp Alabandite crystals, with the dominant forms of the octahedron, the vertices beveled by cube faces, on a Calcite matrix.
We will send the piece, which comes from the Robert J. Noble collection, in its original Perky box, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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Alabandite with Rhodochrosite |
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TF16AN1: Octahedral Alabandite crystals with a very well defined spinel-law twin, lustrous, on a Rhodochrosite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 0.83” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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MA50R4: A novelty in Munich 2010. Group of elongated cubo-octahedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges and of a considerable size for this species. One of the crystals at the center of the group shows, very visible, the Spinel law twin. This species is very rare, especially in easily seen, well developed crystals as in this case.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.51” × 0.35”
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Alabandite with Rhodochrosite |
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TX17S1: Group of sharp octahedral crystals of Alabandite on matrix, with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 0.98” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”
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| Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite |
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MD67T6: Group of octahedral crystals of Alabandite with very sharp faces and edges, neatly Spinel law twinned, with an intensity of luster very uncommon for the species. In matrix, with Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.18” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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Alabandite with Calcite |
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ME51T6: A really big crystal with a neat Spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.06” × 0.87”
Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.34” × 0.79”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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MC92T6: A really big crystal with a neat spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.02”
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26”
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
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Alabandite with Rhodochrosite |
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TD34S1: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Alabandite with the spinel law twin. The crystals, of good size, are with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (09/2009)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.10”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”
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| Alabandite with Calcite |
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EM48AF8: Group, on matrix, of octahedral Alabandite crystals that have their vertices truncated by cube faces and that show very well the Spinel-law twin. The length of the main crystal, clearly dominant, is extraordinary and it is unquestionably one of the largest ever found.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2010)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.42”
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”
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Twinned Albandite |
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TT80AB8: Aggregate of very sharp octahedral crystals with the very well defined spinel law twin. They are bright and are on matrix, with Rhodochrosite. The sample is with a label from the Robert Noble collection that we’ll send to the buyer.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru
Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.9 × 3.3 cm = 2.09” × 1.93” × 1.30”
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”
Former collection of Bob Noble
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EF56AE5: Aggregate of scalenohedral crystals with acute, non broken, rhombohedral terminations. They are very bright and transparent, have a very intense, deep and uniform red color and are on a rocky matrix coated by a thin layer of black manganese oxides.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (2006)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.9 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.93” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”
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