Pyrargyrite

specimen number:
2063074

location:
San Genaro Mine, Santa Ana, Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru

description:
Metallic lustrous well-formed crystals of pyrargyrite to 0.8 cm in size that the on a crystalline pyrargyrite matrix. This is in good condition and very choice as a thumbnail specimen for the species and locality.

The San Genaro Mine, situated in the high-altitude Andean Cordillera within the Castrovirreyna district of Huancavelica, Peru, is renowned for its complex epithermal vein systems hosted in volcanic and sedimentary rock sequences. Regionally dominated by polymetallic vein and breccia mineralization where silver sulfosalts and precious metals predominate, the district has a rich historical legacy of exploitation dating back centuries to the colonial era. In modern times, the mine has gained international recognition among mineral collectors and museums for producing exceptional, world-class crystal specimens of rare silver-bearing sulfosalts and sulfides.

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