1097 Barite, Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Peru
Aesthetic yellow crystal cluster. Acquired at the 2013 Bendigo Show. Video best viewed full screen.
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20047 Calcite, Quartz, Pachapaqui mining district, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
White spiky balls of calcite on quartz. Fluorescent pink.
20046 Sphalerite, Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru
Single twinned crystal on matrix. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
20045 Realgar, Orpiment, Quartz, Pyrite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
Red realgar crystal altering to yellow orpiment on a nest of quartz crystals with a dusting of pyrite.
20042 Alabandite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
Sharp octahedral grey crystals of alabandite in a matrix of fluorite and calcite, both of which fluoresce (blue and pink respectively).
30038 Coquimbite, Copiapite, Alunogen, Javier Mine, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
Superb lilac hexagonal crystals of coquimbite to 9mm long. Micro yellow copiapite and colourless alunogen. From a find in 2009.
20018 Gold, Ferberite, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Small amount of gold with wolframite.
6027 Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Vintage micromount: A superb 4x3mm display face specimen of Gratonite from its type locality, Cerro do Pasco, Peru. It was once a duplicate in the collection (later bequeathed the Smithsonian) of the late Neal Yedlin....
0482 Quartz, Barite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
A quartz pseudomorph after barite. Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show.
0328 Stanleyite, Minasragrite, Patronite, Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
Capsule with small brown fragment composed of a blue stanleyite on gray mixture of minasragrite and patronite. Type locality for all three species.