Clinozoisite
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Clinozoisite

Specimen # 102165
Mineral: Clinozoisite
Location: Cerro San Cristobal, San Vincente de Cañete, Cañete Province, Lima Dept., Peru
Size: 6.5 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Specimen # 102165
Mineral: Clinozoisite
Location: Cerro San Cristobal, San Vincente de Cañete, Cañete Province, Lima Dept., Peru
Size: 6.5 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm

Description

Detailed Description

This specimen features beautiful clinozoisite crystals of the highest quality from this find – sharp, glassy, highly lustrous, translucent to almost transparent. A couple twinned crystals on the piece. In excellent condition, one tiny incomplete crystal, otherwise pristine. A top-quality clinozoisite – classy and with lots of sparkle.


About These Clinozoisite Specimens

These clinozoisite specimens were found in 2017. I understand that the workings where they were found are only operational on a sporadic basis. The specific zone from which these specimens were recovered is apparently now done, and they have encountered a bit of epidote as the work has advanced beyond the clinozoisite zone. Excellent display specimens of clinozoisite are generally uncommon – one thinks of the famous finds at Alchuri in the Shigar Valley in Pakistan, and few other localities come to mind. These clinozoisite specimens are different – they are all clustered groups of crystals.


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