FROM MY PRIVATE COLLECTION

This specimen of Famatinite is one the ten best Famatinite specimens found in a one-time find at the Quiruvilca Mine, Peru.

It was in my private collection for the last 10 years and is from the collection of Georg Gebhard, who was the co-author of "Die Weltbesten Kristalle von Famatinit und Luzonit," 1998 in Lapis, vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 35-37. The title of the article translates as, "The World's Finest Crystals of Famatinite and Luzonite." This article documents the find and describes the exceptional quality of the Famatinite specimens.

#82444, Famatinite with Tennantite on Pyrite, Quiruvilca Mine, Peru (c) $4500

#81588, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $55

#82534, Alabandite, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (t) $125

#81559, Acanthite, Mina la Sirena (La Sirena Mine), Mexico (t) $125

#82530, Acanthite, Mine d'Imider, 6.2 km ESE of Imiter, Morocco (t) $125

#81678, Stibnite on Calcite, Herja Mine (Kisbanya), Romania (m) $34

#81202, Sphalerite (lamellar twinned) with minor Calcite, Mid-Continent Mine, Kansas (m) $65

#81342, Sphalerite (contact twinned crystals), Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, Missouri (m) $45

#81584, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $65

#81595, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $48

#82314, Realgar, Shimen Mine, China (t) $30

#81865, Orpiment, Twin Creeks Mine, Cut 62, Nevada (t) $30

#81820, Pyrite, ZCA Pierrepont Mine, New York (t) $32

#80595, Acanthite, Mine d'Imider, 6.2 km ESE of Imiter, Morocco (m) $75

#81795, Covellite with minor Pyrite, Leonard Mine, 3800' Level, Butte Mining District, Montana (t) $22

#81757, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Deveti Septemvri Mine, Bulgaria (t) $15

#81952, Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz, Pachapaqui District, Peru (t) $28

#81944, Acanthite, Mine d'Imider, 6.2 km ESE of Imiter, Morocco (t) $45

#81982, Millerite in Quartz Geode, Wallace Stone Company Quarry, Michigan (t) $45

#81926, Pyrite, Madan District, Bulgaria (t) $85

#81943, Realgar and Calcite with Orpiment, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $26

#82393, Pyrite in matrix, Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Spain (t) $25

#82404, Realgar, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $25

#82059, Stephanite, Porco Mines, south of Agua de Castilla, Bolivia (t) $195

#82453, Realgar, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $35

#82015, Sphalerite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (t) $15

#82211, Chalcopyrite and Calcite over Sphalerite, China (t) $24

#82217, Orpiment, Shimen Mine, China (t) $25

#82553, Pyrite, Chester, Vermont (t) $16

#82213, Skutterudite, Irhtem Mine, Morocco (t) $15

#82601, Orpiment, Shimen Mine, China (t) $14

#82581, Sphalerite and Willemite in Franklinite, Buckwheat Dump, Franklin Mining District, New Jersey (Type Locality for Franklinite) (t) $18

#82386, Cinnabar, China (t) $14

#82624, Proustite on Xanthoconite, Mine d'Imider, 6.2 km ESE of Imiter, Morocco (t) $30

#82401, Orpiment with minor Realgar, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $16

#82207, Cinnabar, New Idria District, California (t) $15

#82621, Jamesonite and Pyrite, Mina Noche Buena, Mexico (t) $15

#82635, Pyrite, Eagle Mine, Gilman District, Colorado (t) $8

#82662, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Silverton District, Colorado (t) $22

#82617, Galena with minor Chalcopyrite, Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, Missouri (t) $16

#75675, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (c) $65

#75670, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $75

#75677, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $45

#81661, Pyrite with minor Calcite, Bull's Ferry Road condominium construction site, New Jersey (lc) $350

#75670, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $65

#75765, Chalcocite over Pyrite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $18

#75760, Chalcocite over Pyrite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $12

#75761, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $55

#75663, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $30

#81556, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating plus Quartz, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $55

#75662, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $36

#75757, Chalcocite over Pyrite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $32

#80852, Pyrite with Chalcocite coating, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $125

#81538, Bournonite (twinned crystals) with Boulangerite micros, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $400

#81539, Bournonite (cog-wheel twinned crystals) with Boulangerite micros, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $450

#81542, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $375

#81540, Bournonite (cyclic twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $375

#81537, Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $395

#81541, Bournonite (cyclic twinned crystals) with Boulangerite micros, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $375

#81536, Bournonite (complexly twinned crystals) with Boulangerite micros, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $350

#81545, Bournonite (doubly terminated complexly twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $350

#81547, Bournonite (doubly terminated cyclic twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $325

#81551, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $195

#81546, Bournonite (doubly terminated twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $225

#81544, Bournonite (doubly terminated complexly twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $225

#81550, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $150

#81543, Bournonite (cyclic twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $225

#81549, Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $95

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