Peru is a mining country with a great legacy of producing beautiful, rare and interesting mineral specimens.
Here are some interesting proustite, pearceite and acanthite ps argentite specimens from the famous Uchucchacua Mine. Proustite is one of the famous "Ruby Silver" minerals due to its deep red colour. Pearcite is a rare silver sulphosalt, the arsenic-rich end member polymorph of Polybasite.
I picked up the tetrahedrite specimens in Peru a few years ago when I visited that beautiful country.
All prices in Canadian dollars. For payment in US$, deduct 18% or multiply by 0.82.
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- Item #19171
- Bournonite, Quartz, Pyrite
- 9.0x6.3x4.3
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: b-8mm
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$65.00
- Huaron
Peru
- Lots of cyclic-twinned, steely-metallic bournonite crystals on the front of this piece associated with clusters of small white quartz crystals and similarly sized golden pyrite crystals.
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- Item #29322
- Seligmannite, Galena
- 5.8x4.1x2.3
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 0.5mm, 7mm
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$40.00
- La Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
Peru
- Loads of small, sharp, lustrous, prismatic crystals of this rare mineral on this matrix of corroded galena and sphalerite. Nice seligmannite crystals!
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- Item #19175
- Tetrahedrite, Quartz
- 15.5x10.0x5.2
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 4mm
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$65.00
- Julcani
Peru
- The top of this thick plate is covered with hundreds of sharp, tetrahedrite crystals that have crystallized on drusy quartz. Nice crystallized specimen of this ore mineral!
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- Item #17550
- Hubnerite, Quartz
- 10.1x5.3x3.9
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$275.00
- Mundo Nuevo Mine
- Huanachuco, La Libertad
Peru
- A superb hubnerite crystal associated with sharp quartz crystals. The hubnerite crystal is doubly terminated and jet-black which make a nice contrast with the white quartz crystals. The hubnetite crystal is a little composite, formed of three main members. Exceptional!
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- Item #20024
- Hubnerite, Quartz
- 9.6x6.0x5.2
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 97mm
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$175.00
- Concuzo
- Pasto Bueno, Ancash
Peru
- A really nice, elongated, lustrous hubnerite crystal nicely encrusted with white quartz crystals. The hubnerite crystal is dark brown but with deep red internal reflections sparking here and there. The hubnerite crystal is singly terminated and divergent so it has three separate terminations at the terminated end. A little damage to the terminations but sides of the crystal are pristeen. The hubnerite crystal is propped up by quartz crystals and in fact, the hubnerite crystal makes a great matrix for a wonderful quartz cluster! t
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- Item #26543
- Hubnerite, Quartz
- 5.2x5.6x3.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: h-15mm, qu-21mm
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$75.00
- Mundo Nuevo Mine
- La Libertad
Peru
- Several sharp, brismatic, black hubnerite crystals are interspersed between clear, well terminated quartz crystals on this attractive specimen. Mundo Nuevo produced some nice specimens before closing!
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- Item #21257
- Pyrite, Calcopyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz
- 10.9x7.1x5.1
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: Py -16mm, Ch -27mm, Sp -24mm, Qu -30mm
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$75.00
- Cerro de Pasco
- Pasco
Peru
- A handsome specimen of large chunky, coated crystals of chalcopyrite associated with some similarly sized sphalerite crystals, long-prismatic, frosted quartz crystals and a few small pyrite cubes here and there. Some of the quartz crystals are broken off towards the back but it displays very well from the front! Good-looking piece! R
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- Item #22289
- Sphalerite, Quartz
- 16.6x9.5x5.1
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 25mm
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$95.00
- Huaron Mine
- Pasco
Peru
- A large, showy specimen of sphalerite and quartz crystals from this famous mine. Rich! r
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- Item #22799
- Tennantite ps Enargite, Pyrite
- 13.8x11.1x4.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 16mm
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$140.00
- Julcani Mine
- Angarres, Huancavelica
Peru
- A large plate of 4mm or so pyrite crystals with a central area of sharp pseudos of tennantite pseudomorphs after enargite. Some small tennatite crystals are on the pseudos. Very nice piece that displays well. R
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- Item #24351
- Hubnerite, Quartz
- 4.7x3.3x2.6
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: h-7mm, qu-17mm
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$35.00
- Mundo Nuevo Mine
- La Libertad
Peru
- A cluster of elongated, tapered quartz crystals studded with smaller, dark brown/black crystals of hubnerite. Nice specimen from this famous locality. s
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- Item #29321
- Seligmannite, Galena, Sphalerite
- 5.0x4.8x2.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1mm, 6mm
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$45.00
- La Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
Peru
- This piece is mostly a distorted galena crystal that has many excellent, well formed prismatic seligmannite crystals scattered over it. The seligmannite crystals are mostly under 0.5mm and are lustrous and doubly terminated. Excellent!
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- Item #25953
- Bournonite, Pyrite
- 2.1x2.0x1.8
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 15mm
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$40.00
- Pachapaqui
Peru
- A nice cluster of flat-terminated, twinned bournonite crystals sprinkled with tiny pyrite crystals.
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- Item #29137
- Orpiment on Realgar
- 4.2x2.54x2.8
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 12mm
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$30.00
- Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
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Peru
- Intense red realgar is seen under an alteration coating of waxy orange Orpiment. The orpiment covers the entire specimen including the sphalerite base that the crystals sit on. Some small damages can be seen that expose the interior red realgar. Unusual!
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- Item #29323
- Seligmannite, Galena, Quartz
- 7.1x5.0x5.2
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1mm, 10mm, 3mm
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$55.00
- La Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
Peru
- This specimen has many minerals on it, quartz crystals, galena pyrite, Chalcopyrite tetrahedrite which all serve as a substrate form many, many, 0.5mm or less, sharp, lustrous seligmannite crystals.
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- Item #29324
- Seligmannite, Galena
- 5.3x4.1x3.9
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1mm, 15mm
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$45.00
- La Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
Peru
- The galena crystals are actually fairly sharp, spinel-twinned crystals that hare speckled with tiny, sharp, prismatic seligmannite crystals, mostly under 0.5mm. Nice!!
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- Item #29326
- Seligmannite, Galena, Quartz
- 8.0x6.7x5.9
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1mm, 8mm, 3mm
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$65.00
- La Palomo Mine
- Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica
Peru
- This very dense matrix of this specimen is made of corroded galena crystals, sharp galena crystals, smaller tetrahedrite, plus some chalcopyrite and pyrite. Sprinkled over all of it are many, many tiny, sharp, lustrous seligmannite crystals. Excellent crystals!
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- Item #29085
- Pyrargyrite
- 3.9x3.0x2.9
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1mm
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$65.00
- San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna
- Huancavelica
Peru
- Lots of ruby silver crystals in the open spaces of this matrix of ruby silver. I'm not convinced that this is pyrargyrite and it may be miargyrite.
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