Famatinite
Origin: Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Peru
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm with black or dull gray crystals to 1 mm in
clusters on
pyrite
Black prismatic crystals to 1 mm throughout matrix.
Origin: Famatina, Argentina (type locality)
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Origin: Huaron, Junin Province, Peru
Sample size: 9 x 8 x 4.7 cm
Massive sulfide matrix, the top sparsely covered by metallic micro crystals of
famatinite with minor
pyrite
and
enargite.
Origin: Huaron Mines, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 2.7 cm
Enargite
coated by metallic micro crystals of famatinite
Ex. Lyman Museum collection
Origin: Pen-Shan Ore Body, Chinkuahshih Mine, Jui-Fang Town, Taipei Co.,
Taiwan
Sample size: 9.4 x 7 x 3.6 cm (top), 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm (bottom)
Origin: Cerro de Pasco, Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru
Sample size: 3.6 x 2.3 x 4.7 cm
