Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad, Peru

Rock crystal of good quality is known from ore veins. Many quartz crystals contain abundant inclusions of older metallic mineral up to several millimeters across: sphalerite (black or orange, fluorescent in UV), galena (lead gray, sometimes elongated grains), chalcopyrite, covellite (strong blue tarnish) and yellow native sulfur.

Ref: J.Hyrsl (2012) Gemstones of Peru, pp. 87, 91

Gemstone List

Gem list contains entries from all listed localities in region.

Quartz
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

Localities in this Region

Peru
  • La Libertad
    • Sánchez Carrión Province
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