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Pasto Bueno District (Huayllapon Mine)

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8.2000° S, 77.9000° W · ± 10 km

Rhodochrosite from Ancash, Peru, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Rhodochrosite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Quartz with Rhodochrosite

3 specimen photo(s) from this locality show rhodochrosite with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Rhodochrosite at Pasto Bueno District (Huayllapon Mine)

A lustrous, gemmy, stepped rhodochrosite rhombohedron from the Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno.
A lustrous, gemmy, stepped rhodochrosite rhombohedron from the Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Cherry-red rhodochrosite rhombs to 1.4 cm on water-clear quartz crystals, Huayllapon Mine.
Cherry-red rhodochrosite rhombs to 1.4 cm on water-clear quartz crystals, Huayllapon Mine.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
A lustrous rose-red rhodochrosite rhomb with quartz from the Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno.
A lustrous rose-red rhodochrosite rhomb with quartz from the Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
A large rhodochrosite and quartz specimen from the 1970s-1980s finds at the Huayllapon Mine.
A large rhodochrosite and quartz specimen from the 1970s-1980s finds at the Huayllapon Mine.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Hot pink rhodochrosite rhombs on a miniature from Pasto Bueno, Peru.
Hot pink rhodochrosite rhombs on a miniature from Pasto Bueno, Peru.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
MnCO₃
Morphology
Sharp, often stepped rhombohedra on and among quartz crystals
Typical size
Rhombs to about 2 cm
Color / luster
Cherry-red, rose-red to hot pink and salmon; lustrous, gemmy to translucent
Associated minerals
Quartzcalcite
Availability
No longer available
History
The main finds at the Huayllapon Mine were made in the late 1970s to early 1980s

Sources: SRC-906 SRC-907 SRC-908

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Tungsten-bearing quartz vein district (Huayllapon and other mines).
Type
Hydrothermal
Region
Ancash
Country
Peru

Coordinates are the Pampas District (Pallasca) coordinates from Wikipedia, rounded to the minute; the Huayllapon Mine lies within this district, hence +/- 10 km. Photos labelled Huayllapon Mine and Pasto Bueno District are combined here. The tungsten setting rests on the specimen labels' quartz association and is not from an opened geological source.

Sources: SRC-901

Sources

  1. SRC-901 · Website
    Pampas District, PallascaWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
  2. SRC-906 · Website
    File:Rhodochrosite-Quartz-118210.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons (dealer label)
  3. SRC-907 · Website
    File:Rhodochrosite-Quartz-195602.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons (dealer label)
  4. SRC-908 · Website
    File:Rhodochrosite-Quartz-251142.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons (dealer label)

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.