Acari Mine
Acarí District, Caravelí Province, Arequipa, Peru
Acari Mine is a copper mine near Nazca, which is the source for the pink and blue Andean Opals we see on the market.
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Mindat lists 9 minerals from the site, with particular attention being paid to the pink and blue Opal found at the site.
Reasonably well defined native copper is found at the site too, along with plates of chrysocolla and quartz.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-47708.html
- https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2948/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273332998_New_physical_geochemical_and_gemological_data_of_opals_from_Acari_Mine_Arequipa_Department_Peru
If you are interested in other classic Peruvian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Peruvian locales
- Acari Mine, Acarí District, Caravelí Province, Arequipa, Peru
- Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Lima, Peru
- Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco, Peru
- Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
- Javier Mine, Huac-huas District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru
- Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica, Peru
- Pachapaqui mining district, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
For the rest of our Peruvian stock, see below.
Peru
Minerals from Peru