Pearceite with Quartz
Collection
Robert Lavinsky
Description
Pearceite-T2ac is a polytype of Pearceite and is a rare silver, copper, arsenic, antimony sulfosalt. This fine and rich specimen from the Uchucchacua Mine features a 1.4 cm, mounded cluster of splendent, metallic-gray Pearceite crystals jauntily perched on a sliver of Quartz on a sculptural matrix of sulfides, which includes scintillating vein of Pearceite crystals. Ex. David Ellis Collection.
Locality
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Dimensions
4.4 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm.
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