Deaccessions from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences

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PAS-83 - Enargite in ore - SOLD
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru

small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
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Enargite in ore from Cerro de Pasco,  Pasco Department, Peru [db_pics/pics/pas-83c.jpg]

A hefty piece of , basically, ore. It has a pocket with a few very sharp crystals of enargite of unusual form, mistaken once for luzonite.


PAS-112 - Cobaltite - SOLD
Espanola, Ontario, Canada

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A shockingly large crystal for this locality, from which cobaltite in crystalline form is already rare. Complete on all faces, except a small contact near the base and another in back. Unlike other material here, this was from a modern-day donation.



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