Hutchinsonite

 
 
Origin: Quiruvilca, La Libertad Dept., Peru
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco province, La Libertad department, Peru
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

     
Origin: Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Dept., Peru, South America
Sample size: 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
 
  
This specimen of massive sulfide hosts scattered metallic crystals of  hutchinsonite. The orange mineral is orpiment. Thallium is found in nature in only a handful of minerals and it is extremely toxic. It should be handled accordingly. The largest hutchinsonite crystal is 0.6 cm in length.
Origin: Quiruvilca, La Libertad Deptartment, Peru, South America
Sample size: 12 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Hutchinsonite with orpiment
Origin: Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Ex. Marvin Pearce coll.
Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
 
  
Blackish grey, prismatic crystals approximately 4 mm long. Orpiment in orange radial sprays. Minor barite.
  
Numerous short prismatic micro crystals to 1 mm with hundreds of micro enargite crytals.
Origin: Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, La Libertad Department, Peru
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 8 x 8 x 4 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 3 cm (2nd row), 5 x 4 x 3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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