CLN26 Tetrahedrite
Mundo Nuevo District, Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad Dept., Peru
4.0x 3.7x 2.2 cm
$52

A bournonite-coated tetrahedrite crystal nestled between a pair of quartz crystals.  The crystal is not a full tetrahedron, but displays well front the front.

 

Operations at this mine were once much larger in scale, though key parts of the site were blown up by Shining Path guerillas in the early 1990's.  The site was then abandoned until the specimen recovery project in 2008.








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