1. Scheelite from the Turmalina mine, Peru.
- Author
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Hyršl, Jaroslav and del Castillo, Guido
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MINERAL collecting , *MINES & mineral resources , *COPPER , *MOLYBDENUM , *SCHEELITE - Abstract
The article reviews some of the mineral specimens found in the Turmalina mine in Peru. According to the article, the Turmalina mine was exploited for copper and molybdenum but the mine also produced Peru's finest scheelite crystals most of which are in the collection of the mine's owner Guido del Castillo housed in the Andres del Castillo Museum in Lima. Other mineral crystals found in the mine include apatite, chalcopryte, molybdenite, quartz, schrol and vivianite.
- Published
- 2013