I’ve posted some new specimens in this Peru Update (click here). These include hubnerite, alabandite, clinoatacamite, quartz/chrysocolla, chalcopyrite, spinel-twinned galena, proustite and top quality pyrite. Some of these were collected recently and some go back a few years.

 Hubnerite on Quartz, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Dept., Peru
Field of view 3.5 cm

Pyrite on Quartz, Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Dept., Peru
Field of view 3.5 cm

Alabandite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Dept., Peru – 8.7 cm

Prousite, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Dept., Peru
Field of view 1.5 cm

Galena (spinel-law-twinned), Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Dept., Peru
Field of view

Pyrite, Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Dept., Peru
5.0 cm across, in this orientation

Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Animon Mine, Huaron District, Pasco Dept., Peru – 5.0 cm

Atacamite, Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru
Field of view

Clinoatacamite with Malachite, Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru
Field of view 1.1 cm

Clinoatacamite on Quartz, Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru
Crystal group 0.4 cm

Quartz on Chrysocolla and Malachite, Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru
Field of view

Quartz on Chrysocolla and Malachite, Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Dept., Peru – 5.5 cm