Pearceite with Quartz
Pearceite with Quartz from Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
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.
Specimen Grade C
Photograph www.iRocks.com Photo

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