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FS08
Alabandite, Fluorite, Rhodochrosite,
Uchucchacua
Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru
7.8x
5.9x 3.2 cm
$1300
I have received several e-mails
requesting additional alabandite specimens, so I got in touch with some
people in Peru to see what was available. Unfortunately
there are no new specimens, but one of my good friends was gracious
enough to let me select pieces from his personal stash, which he had
cherry picked and held back. I
selected the best of those, and am offering them here.
This is the best and most pronounced
of only a few alabandite specimens with a fluorite association that I am
aware of. Please not that there are a couple cleaves to the
fluorite.
This
is also the best fluorite specimen that I have seen from Uchucchacua. While
it is nothing compared to the fluories from Huanzala, I would argue that
it is an important specimen for Uchucchacua, a locality well known among
collectors for its rhodochrosite, silver, and silver sulfosalts.
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