Mineral Specimens - page 13
South America (excl. Brazil)

ER49P6: Twinned very well defined and bright crystals of Chalcopyrite, with tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite and small white crystals of Dolomite. We specially note the locality, a Chilean mine that isn't well known for such good collection pieces.
Mina el Teniente, Rancagua, Municipio Rancagua  Chile (±1990)

Specimen size: 18.5 × 11.5 × 5 cm = 7.3” × 4.5” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

ER37N4: Dendritic growth of elongated crystals, small but with very well defined faces. The locality is very uncommon for native Copper.
Mina La Farola, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó, Atacama  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.5” × 4.1” × 1.7”

EG66L9: A wonderful and complete Phosphophyllite floater, with an excellent color, brilliance and an unprecedented transparence. In one word: a gem. The specimen is from a find made in 1968 in Cerro Rico, not in the well-known Siglo XX Mine, but in the oldest Pailaviri Mine.
Mina Pailaviri, Veta Krauser, Cerro Rico, Potosí  Bolivia (1968)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.5” × 0.5” × 0.2”

TM96P4: Group on matrix of twinned crystals. They are very well defined, bright and have translucent edges. Some crystals have minor scratches or dings.
San Antonio section, Viloco Mine, Loayza, La Paz  Bolivia (01/2008)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

KV97N8: Big crystals with parallel growths and a partially melted look, with Chalcopyrite and with small crystals of Galena, Quartz and Calcite.
The sample is from the collection of James Catmur and we'll send the label to the buyer.
Casapalca, Huarochiri, Departamento Lima  Peru (±1986)

Specimen size: 14 × 8.3 × 5.9 cm = 5.5” × 3.3” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.4” × 1.2”

EC90N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent arborescent growth of native Silver, very aerial, with attractive curvature and on matrix, with Calcite and Galena.
Mina Uchucchacua, Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (02/2009)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.6”

EK47L1: Complex crystal, well defined and elongated, with multiple faces, some of them curved. Really good size, on an Acanthite base with small cubic Pyrite crystals.
Mina Uchucchacua, labor 012, Nivel 400, Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (01/2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 1.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

MV16K9: An octahedron of fluorite componed of a multitude of small cubes. On matrix, with Pyrite crystals.
Mina Huallapon, Pasto Bueno, Pallasca, Ancash  Peru

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 1.7”

TB96H7: Bundles of scalenohedral, extraordinarily acute, crystals. Furthermore the esthetic shape of the specimen, the color and the luster are very good and the group is on a matrix rich of small crystals of Pyrite.
Pachapaqui, Bolognesi, Departamento Ancash  Peru (2003)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 8 × 2.9 cm = 3.5” × 3.1” × 1.1”

EE46M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright and partially covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 3.6 cm = 3.0” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”

ED64M5: Novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Aggregate of octahedral crystals, pseudomorph of Magnetite, very well defined, bright and partially covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of the same Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.7”

EM26M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, one of them clearly dominant. They are bright and almost covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 0.9”

ED6M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, with “window” growths, bright and almost covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of the later Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.9”

EJ86M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, some of them extraordinarily lengthened, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright and almost completely covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 10 × 9 × 7.5 cm = 3.9” × 3.5” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.7”

EF56M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright, with skeletal forms and partially covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.9 × 5.6 cm = 3.0” × 2.3” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.5”

EP76M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals extraordinarily lengthened, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright and almost completely covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 16 of number 1/2009.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.1 × 5.5 cm = 3.7” × 2.8” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.3 cm = 2.4” × 0.9”

ET96M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, some of them extraordinarily lengthened, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright and almost completely covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8.9 × 6.1 cm = 4.6” × 3.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.9 cm = 2.4” × 1.5”

EP96M5: A novelty this year in Munich, because it is from a very recent find. Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, some of them extraordinarily lengthened, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, very well defined, bright and almost completely covered by a second generation of small laminar crystals of Hematite.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘what’s new at Munich 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 16 of number 1/2009.
Volcán Payún Matru, Malargüe, Mendoza  Argentina

Specimen size: 10.9 × 7.6 × 5.7 cm = 4.3” × 3.0” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 7 × 5 cm = 2.8” × 2.0”

TQ28I8: Precious miniature. An elongated wire growth, practically cylindrical, on a matrix of white Quartz. Wire forms are very rare with Gold and this find from Venezuela was one of the main novelties at Tucson 2007.
Santa Elena, La Gran Sabana, Bolívar  Venezuela (07/2006)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.4” × 0.3”

TP76I8: Precious miniature. An elongated wire growth, practically cylindrical, with small Quartz matrix. The growth on the base of the specimen is quite different and there are crystals of quite well-defined crystalline forms. Wire forms are very rare with Gold and this find from Venezuela was one of the main novelties at Tucson 2007.
Santa Elena, La Gran Sabana, Bolívar  Venezuela (07/2006)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.2”

EX66P6: Group, on matrix, of rhombohedral crystals whose color zoning is very distinct, more intense in their cores and clearer pink on the external areas.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (11/2008)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EL37P5: Rhombohedral crystals with a very well marked color zoning, deeper in the central area of each crystal. The matrix of Pyrite crystals makes the piece especially esthetic.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (11/2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.5” × 2.2” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TP29P1: Groups of rhombohedral crystals, very well defined and slightly curved. Their color is intensely pink and they contrast against a matrix coated by Quartz crystals.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 9.8 × 8 cm = 4.3” × 3.9” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

ET88N8: Esthetic group of rhombohedral crystals of a very deep pink color, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (10/07/2007)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.3 × 5.2 cm = 4.6” × 4.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TB26H7: Group of rhombohedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges and very good color. Crystals have coverage of small crystals of Quartz esthetically and selectively grown on the faces of the Rhodochrosite, which is to say, some of the faces are completely covered by Quartz, while others are absolutely free of them.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (15/02/2006)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

MJ36K4: Group of rhombohedral crystals of very sharp faces and edges, and excellent color and good luster.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (15/07/2006)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

MC70J0: Group of rhombohedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges and excellent, very intense, color. Some of the crystals are partially covered by Quartz.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (15/07/2006)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm = 3.9” × 2.6” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EA69N2: Rhombohedral crystals of excellent color and luster. Their size and color are exceptional for the locality. On matrix and partially coated by Quartz microcrystals. Probably the best sample of this size found at this locality.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (15/07/2006)

Specimen size: 19 × 19 × 12 cm = 7.5” × 7.5” × 4.7”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

EL86P4: Group on matrix of complex, twinned crystals that have a dark honey color and stand up on a rich growth of microcrystals of Rhodochrosite of very clear color.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (21/06/2007)

Specimen size: 21.5 × 11.8 × 5 cm = 8.5” × 4.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

EH9N4: Group of complex crystals with good transparency and color, on a matrix of botryoidal Rhodochrosite. The sample is of good quality for the locality.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (21/06/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TX16H6: A group of twinned crystals with sharp faces and edges. They have orangish color and an excellent luster. The base is Rhodochrosite.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (2006)

Specimen size: 10 × 6.3 × 4.6 cm = 3.9” × 2.5” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TV86H6: Crystals have rounded shapes but they are formed by stepped planes with the faces of the cube and the octahedron and they are very sharp and bright. Between the crystals of Galena some groups of transparent crystals of Quartz appear.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (2006)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.7” × 2.8” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.6”

TM66N4: Crystal of Calcite on Quartz (Amethyst) matrix. The Calcite shows two phases of growth, one of them, with rhombohedral terminations, partially wraps the other, totally coated by small crystals of white Quartz.
Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas  Uruguay (08/2008)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7 × 5.3 cm = 3.5” × 2.8” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.5” × 0.8”

MT97M8: Calcite crystal formed by the prism and an acute scalenohedron and terminated by the pinacoid with the curious added small crystallization of Quartz on the terminal face. The crystal is implanted on a matrix of Quartz (Amethyst) of good transparency, luster and color.
Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas  Uruguay (07/2008)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 9.5 × 10.2 cm = 3.9” × 3.7” × 4.0”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.9” × 1.7”

TP58L7: Good size lenticular Calcite crystal partially dissolved and covered nearly throughout by Amethyst crystals, with dark inclusions, probably Hematite, near the Calcite edges.
Cantera Santiño, Paraje Santiño, Artigas  Uruguay (2006)

Specimen size: 16.8 × 8.9 × 1.8 cm = 6.6” × 3.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

ET50L7: Stalagmitic growth of Amethyst crystals, with good transparency partially masked by the high and deep color intensity. Brilliance is quite good.
Cantera Catalán grande, Paraje Catalán grande, Artigas  Uruguay (02/2007)

Specimen size: 13.3 × 10.8 × 8.2 cm = 5.2” × 4.3” × 3.2”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

EC66L7: Stalagmitic growth of small Amethyst crystals with intense color and good brilliance, on a matrix of Chalcedony.
Cantera Santa Ana, Artigas  Uruguay (02/2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 8.7 × 3.2 cm = 4.3” × 3.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

EF46L0: Esthetic druse of short Amethyst crystals with excellent color. On the underside is clearly seen a mold left by a Calcite crystal dissolved after the Amethyst crystallized, leaving some silicified scoriaceous structures.
Catalán Grande Quarry, Paraje Catalán Grande, Artigas  Uruguay (02/2006)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.4” × 2.7” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

TV87L3: Rhombohedral Calcite crystal (due to its false cubic shape it looks like Fluorite) fully covered by small but brilliant and intensely colored Quartz (Amethyst) crystals, in a thin crust geode.
Cantera Santiño, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas  Uruguay (11/2007)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 4.6” × 3.1” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”

MA67L0: Esthetic druse of short Amethyst crystals with deep color and excellent luster. The group is very aerial on a Chalcedony matrix that shows curious concentric growths.
Cantera Catalán Grande, Paraje Catalán Grande, Artigas  Uruguay (07/2007)

Specimen size: 12.1 × 10.7 × 7.5 cm = 4.8” × 4.2” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TJ86J3: Stalactitic growth of crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very bright and a very deep color. On the Quartz there is a small white crystal of Calcite.
Cantera Santiño, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas  Uruguay (2006)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.3 × 4.9 cm = 3.0” × 2.5” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

EE16K8: Groups of Amethyst crystals, with an extraordinary color and brilliance, which have grown over Calcite crystals, thus preserving their scalenohedral habit, The Calcite crystals are now almost completely gone.
Cantera Santa Ana, Artigas  Uruguay (02/2007)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.1 × 5 cm = 4.0” × 2.0” × 2.0”

TF99J6: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite completely recovered by a second generation of Quartz. The crystal is implanted in a geode of Quartz (Amethyst) which crystals have zonation of color. Very esthetic.
Cantera Santiño, Paraje Santiño, Artigas  Uruguay (2006)

Specimen size: 14 × 11.7 × 10 cm = 5.5” × 4.6” × 3.9”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 4 cm = 2.6” × 1.6”

TG96I8: Group of flat prismatic crystals, very well-defined and bright. We specially note its color, extraordinary even for the most usual from the locality. On the back of the sample there are small crystallizations of Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (11/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

TC96J8: Groups of sharp, flattened, prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of exceptional transparency and color, on a matrix of white crystals of Calcite, crystals of Quartz and small crystals of Pyrite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (03/2007)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

TF96I8: Group of flat prismatic crystals, very well-defined and bright. We specially note its color, extraordinary even for the most usual from the locality. On the back of the sample there are small crystallizations of Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (11/2006)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

TX67L1: Flattened Rhodonite crystals, with a laminar habit, translucent and with excellent and very intense color. Small white Calcite crystals add a nice contrast.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (01/2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

TD57I8: Group of flat prismatic crystals, very well-defined and bright. They form fans. We specially note its color, extraordinary even for the most usual from the locality. On the back of the sample there are small crystallizations of Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (11/2006)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size:  0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TY41L1: Flattened Rhodonite crystals, with a laminar habit, translucent with excellent and intense color. Small Pyrite crystals on some. On matrix.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (01/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

TH57I8: Group of flat prismatic crystals, very well-defined and bright. They form fans. We specially note its color, extraordinary even for the most usual from the locality. On the back of the sample there are small crystallizations of Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (11/2006)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

ME90K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with growths of smallwhite crystals of Quartz. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red most than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.6” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EL2M2: Flattened Rhodonite crystals, with a laminar habit, some of them doubly terminated, translucent with excellent luster and intense color. Small Pyrite crystals on some. Also with white Calcite and transparent Quartz crystals. The specimen is from a find (March 2007) that stands out for its quality and color intensity. Today the mine is closed, so we believe that no new specimens can be found in the near future.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (03/2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

TJ16J8: Excellent miniature formed by groups of sharp, flat, prismatic crystals of exceptional transparency and color. The existence of a group of Quartz crystal adds esthetic force and mineralogical interest to the specimen.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (03/2007)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TW26L0: Excellent Rhodonite crystal groups on matrix. Very bright, flattened and of a magnificent color, more red than pink. Partially covered with small Quartz crystals.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (09/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6 × 4.8 cm = 2.7” × 2.4” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

E49EB3: Long wire silver crystal on a small matrix partially covered by dark hydrated Manganese Silicate.
Mina Uchucchacua, Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (01/2001)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.1”

E861B: Thick crystals on an unusual dark brownish matrix of amorphous hydrated Manganese Silicate.
Mina Uchucchacua, Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (2001)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.8”

EA26G1: A group of well-developed prismatic crystals of simple forms, doubly terminated and aerial on the matrix of white Quartz.
Mina don Nicolás, Villa Benegas, Mina Clavero, San Alberto, Córdoba  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.7” × 1.6” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

NB26K9: Partially doubly terminated crystal, with color zonations that are more intense on the terminations, on a group of milky Quartz crystals. Very uncommon locality.
Mina don Nicolás, Villa Benegas, Mina Clavero, San Alberto, Córdoba  Argentina (2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.6”

EC96G1: Parallel growth of two prismatic, doubly-terminated crystals. They are well developed, of an intense color and simple forms, growing as a scepter on a little matrix of white Quartz.
Mina don Nicolás, Villa Benegas, Mina Clavero, San Alberto, Córdoba  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.7” × 1.6” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

NR47E0: Doubly terminated crystals that have grown in parallel and that have good color, transparency and with the scepter form growing on a first generation of colorless Quartz. It is esthetic and all the terminations are perfect.
Mina don Nicolás, Villa Benegas, Mina Clavero, San Alberto, Córdoba  Argentina (2003)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm = 3.0” × 1.6” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.2” × 1.1”

EF56G1: Scepter growth of a prismatic crystal. Near the scepter there is a little doubly-terminated crystal of Amethyst.
Mina don Nicolás, Villa Benegas, Mina Clavero, San Alberto, Córdoba  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 3.0” × 1.3” × 1.3”