 | | Book | | Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...photo: Rhodochrosite crystals withfluorite from Uchucchacua, 5 cm high. Col/. and photo J Hyrsl. Turquoise...earings, Moche period, diameter 10cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100849. Faceted scheelite from Turmalina, 8...turquoise pectoral, size 50 x 21 cm. © MUSEO LARCO in Lima, No. 100184. 3: Andean opa/ from Acarí, rough 9 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Alabandite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province Lima Department, Peru T he Swedish chemist Carl...rhodochrosite from the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru; the largest individual...the fantastic find of alabandites from the Uchucchacua mine. In the United States the western states have...produced specimens of particular note, the Lucky Cuss mine, located near Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona...micromount enthusiast the Sunnyside mine, in the Silverton district of San Juan County, Colorado, has produced |  | Bussell, M. Andrew, Alpers, Charles N., Petersen, Ulrich, Shepherd, Thomas J., Bermudez, Carlos, Baxter, Alistair N. (1990) The Ag-Mn-Pb-Zn vein, replacement, and skarn deposits of Uchucchacua, Peru; studies of structure, mineralogy, metal zoning, Sr isotopes, and fluid inclusions. Economic Geology, 85 (7) 1348-1383 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.7.1348 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ag-Mn-Pb-ZnVein, Replacement,and SkarnDepositsof Uchucchacua,Peru: Studiesof Structure, Mineralogy, Metal Zoning...Buenaventura, S.A., Carlos Villaran 790, Santa Catalina, Lima 13, Perd AND ALISTAIR N. BAXTER Schoolof Earth...BiglandStreet,LondonE1 2NG, UnitedKingdom Abstract Uchucchacua is anAg-Mn-Pb-Znvein,replacement, andskarnmineraldistrictin...andskarnmineraldistrictin the central Andesof Peru. Host rocksare massiveJumashaFormationshelflimestonesof Turonianage...48-3653.00 1348 Ag-Mn-Pb-Zn DEPOSITS, UCHUCCHACUA, PERU 1349 of wall-rockreactivity,andfracturepermeability |  | | Catalog/List | | good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years...PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian pages to get an idea of...spent the past three years living and working in Peru and had just moved back with all the goodies he...juat collected this spring immediately before the mine was closed for refilling and reolalmlng. There will |  | | Report (issue) | | in very attractive specimens from Uchucchacua, Lima Department, Peru. However, I don’t think I have ever...collection of Simone Citon. A check of the 295 Uchucchacua rhodochrosite photos posted on Mindat shows nearly...you subscribed too late to receive one). The Uchucchacua mine was covered in the July-August 1997 issue... devoted entirely to the “Mines and Minerals of Peru” (available from the Back Issues section, vol. 28...flattened habit, from the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. Simone Citon collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the structure, chemistry, and texture of wire silver for a master’s of science degree at Miami University...rakovajf@miamioh.edu & Wire Silver Kongsberg, Norway Wire Gold Ground Hog Mine, Gilman, Colorado S ince...ince the dawn of civilization, silver and gold have been treasured for their surpassing beauty and captivating...coins are Figure 1. Section cut through a wire silver from Kazakhstan shows roughly equigranular texture...alloy of silver and gold (Wallace 1987). Throughout history and around the globe, gold and silver have been |  | | Journal (issue) | | TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...crystal group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c....................... Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO.......................... Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rises to 6,272 meters (20,577 feet), Huascaran in Peru is 6,768 meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the...world's copper production, nearly 30 percent of the silver production, significant amounts of lead, zinc,...mining and smelting oxidized copper ores in central Peru about 1500 B.C. By the time the Spanish conquered...the Quechm (the Inca) had words for gold (cori), silver (colqui), the ruby silvers (cochiso), and argentite...Gold was thought of as the "sweat of the sun," silver was the "blood of the moon," and emerald was the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A SpecialIssueDevoted to the Mineral Depositsof Peru Preface ULRICH PETERSEN, Departmentof Earth and...VIDAL, PerubarS.A.,Juan de Arona 830 (Of 90I), Lima 27, Peru AND DONALD C. NOBLE MackaySchoolof Mines,...datingback to preInca and Inca times, when copper, gold, silver, tin, lead, and mercury, as well as a host of mineralsfor...and Inca wealth canbe seenin the Museo de Oro in Lima. After the readily availablepreciousmetalswere...(and given Quechua and, later, Spanish names)were silver-bearingtetrahedrite(pavonado), argentitc(tacana |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ventures in Peru ALBERTOBENAVIDESQ. Cia. de Minas Buenaventura S.A., Carlos Villaran 790, Lima 13, Peru Abstract...significantexplorationand mining developmentsin Peru in this century occurredbetween were madeby a numberof...mineralresourceswaslikely withinthe nextdecade, mining in Peru began a period of growth. Eulogio set off an intensesearchfor...polymepenedin Peru before 1940. Figure i showsthe lo- tallic ores of the Cerro de Pasco district. cationof...Mining before 1940 During Colonial times (1535-1821) Peru was an importantproducerof goldandsilver.The goldcame |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. 3.29 (100), 2.821...24.17 100.00 (1) Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru; average of 5 electron... Occurrence: In a hydrothermal vein, lead-zinc-silver deposit of sulfide and sulfosalt minerals, and...From the Nivel 890, Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. Name: For the region...region that produced the first specimen, Oyon district, Peru. Type Material: National History Museum, University |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. 3.11 (vs), 3.51...25.25 100.25 (1) Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru; average electron...Distribution: From the Uchucchacua deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. Name: For its composition...composition, Ag for silver, man for manganese, and tin. Type Material: Natural History Museum, Vienna...derivative structure from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru. Mineral. Mag, 83, 233-238 |  | Keutsch, Frank N., Topa, Dan, Fredrickson, Rie Takagi, Makovicky, Emil, Paar, Werner H. (2019) Agmantinite, Ag2MnSnS4, a new mineral with a wurtzite derivative structure from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (2) 233-238 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.139 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | derivative structure from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Lima Department, Peru FRANK N. KEUTSCH1,*, DAN...from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru. It occurs...diffraction data, wurtzite, stannite, Uchucchacua deposit, Peru. Introduction There are numerous minerals...alabandite zone of the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Lima Department, Peru. The mineral was...found during a study of the mineralogy of the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit that focuses on a zone with |  | | Catalog/List | | 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5 cm tall x 11 cm...AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia 7.6 cm tall... Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 7.6 cm tall x 15.2...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,...example, mined 25 years ago from the Pingwu Beryl Mine, is one of the most remarkable of the species. Scheelite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine... in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting in 1873. For...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...quality rubyred rhodochrosite at the Sweet Home Mine is nearly pure manganese carbonate with minimal | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARTICLE The Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimen mine, Alma District, Central Colorado: the porphyry molybdenum–fluorine... in the Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Colorado were originally mined for silver starting in 1873. For...For the last 13 years up until 2004, however, the mine has produced world-class rhodochrosite specimens...the nearby area; (4) a small pegmatite within the mine with an age (25.9±0.3 Ma) coincident with mineralization...quality rubyred rhodochrosite at the Sweet Home Mine is nearly pure manganese carbonate with minimal |  | | Report (issue) | | 5.6 cm, from the Lily mine near Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. Trinity Minerals specimen;...clinoatacamite in the Lily mine, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru. In 1998 this copper mine began giving up...and he landed the two superb miniatures of Lily mine clinoatacamite now offered on his site (trinityminerals...Zirconolite, 1.2 cm, from Kyauk Tha Mountain, Mogok district, Myanmar. Trinity Minerals specimen; John Veevaert...alluvial deposit near Kyauk Tha Mountain, Mogok district, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma). John says |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...recovered from the dumps of this small mine. Local collectors reworked the mine dumps many times in search of...about 325 meters southwest of the Bishop manganese mine. The locality was early on referred to as a “copper...spatially distinct from the nearby Bishop manganese mine. The dumps do not contain significant manganese |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru. The structure...semiconductors and as such find practical applications in silver photography as sensitizers, in optics and microelectronics...zone of the Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru, a complex...of view 1.6 cm deposit, Oyon district, Cajatambo, Lima Department, Peru. Spryite is associated with proustite...Leandro as part of a study of a silver and manganese-rich zone of the Uchucchacua polymetallic A preliminary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Pelt photo. March/April: Calcite, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Terry E. Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil...photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum...Scovil photo. September/October:Gold, Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History...Barker, D. L., Fluorescent Gibbsite fromYunnan Province, China, 110-11 Behuninia, Utah, 235 Beidellite |  | | Journal (issue) | | PERÚ: Un horizonte de gran potencial MINING IN PERU: Set to be a major power Mineros S.A., de la minería...Calle Antares 320, Torre B, Oficina 406 Surco – Lima – Perú www.tierra-armada.pe Freyssinet Tierra Armada... Fotografía/Photo: Roly Solís – LATINOMINERÍA summary Mining in Peru: set to be a major power Annual investment in Peru’s...projects 25 Panoro: exploring for copper and gold in Peru 31 Latin News 35 Casposo prepares new phase...to block major investments such as Minas Conga in Peru, and the increasing need to develop mines in remote |  | | Catalog/List | | in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst in Creede, Colorado...ACANTHITES L Kongsberg Silver Mines — ' Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway Major Kongsberg Silver Piece. What a super...super aesthetic combination of native wire silver growing atop calcite crystals with acanthite. This represents...left. Situated in the middle is the “trunk” of the silver tree that starts at a thickness of about 1 cm and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2549 Kirovskii mine, Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola...AgMnAsS3 Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru Paola Bonazzi...Pb5Mn3Ag2Sb6As4S24 Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district, Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru Luca Bindi*...Anorpiment As2S3 Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Anthony R. Kampf*, Robert...pegmatite in the Pringles Department, San Luis Province, Argentina (32º53’38’’S 65º55’50’’W) Frédéric |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection |
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