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.

 

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