Bournonite Clusters with Pyrite

Bournonite Clusters with Pyrite from Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

Lustrous, brassy, columnar, blocky and flat-topped Bournonite crystals characteristic of the 1980s finds at Quiruvilca are richly and aesthetically scattered on the sculptural Pyrite matrix. Ex. Tarnowski Collection.

Locality

Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru

Dimensions

6.0 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm.


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