Animón Mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru

Very large colourless fluorite crystals to 30 cm across were found in 2004.

Rock crystal of good quality was found in ore veins. Quartz crystals with microscopic inclusions of red to brown hematite.

Ref: J. Hyrsl (2012) Gemstones of Peru, pp. 84, 91

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