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Huanuco, Huánuco Department

Huanzala mine, Huallanca

Crystal locality Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: rhodochrosite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Skarn / carbonate replacement

Huanzala is one of Peru's finest specimen mines

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