Bolivia Part 1

This is the first page of a 2 part Bolivian update.  This page contains a number of bournonite specimens, and a few light pink apatites from Kami. I thought most of these bournonites had particularly nice form-- and a few had a very unusual pyrite association,  while a couple had freibergite.  The apatites were also deserve mention-- these are a recent find from the Kami mine (previously known mainly for producing jeromite specimens once in a while).  Unfortunately the miners were very dynamite-happy, so the few pieces I have selected for this update represent the most complete from a larger lot.  All the same, I will reiterate (as mentioned int he individual descriptions) that these are not pristine, in most cases the quartz crystals will be broken. Also worth noting: there is significant color change-- the pink color is most evident under incandescent light, and they are very pale under sunlight. I desaturated the images quite a bit to try and set the depicted color somewhere in between the two natural extremes.  

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BBR01 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.5x 3.9x 3.2 cm
BBR02 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.0x 5.3x 2.1 cm
BBR03 Bournonite on Pyrite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.2x 6.3x 4.0 cm
$485
BBR04 Bournonite on Pyrite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.1x 4.0x 3.1 cm
BBR05 Bournonte
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.4x 6.2x 3.8 cm
$400
BBR07 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.0x 3.0x 2.7 cm
$225
BBR08 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.3x 2.6x 2.6 cm
$200
BBR09 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0x 3.0x 3.8 cm
BBR10 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
12.5x 8.0x 5.1 cm
$215
BBR11 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
10.5x 6.4x 3.5 cm
BBR12 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3x 6.7x 2.8 cm
$215
BBR13 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.0x 5.0x 3.1 cm
$165
BBR14 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.2x 5.3x 2.4 cm
$235
BBR15 Quartz, Fluorapatite with Siderite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
4.6x 2.9x 3.3 cm
$1400
BBR16 Fluorapatite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
3.6x 2.5x 2.2 cm
$695
BBR17 Apatite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
7.7x 3.2x 5.7 cm
$1300
BBR18 Quartz, Fluorapatite with Siderite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
8.3x 5.2x 7.0 cm
$1380
BBR19 Fluorapatite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
7.2x 6.9x 4.4 cm
$665
BBR20 Quartz, Fluorapatite with Siderite
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Prov., Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
8.4x 7.2x 4.5 cm
$765
BBR21 Bournonite on Pyrite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Boliviah
9.1x 9.0x 3.6 cm
$185
BBR22 Bournonite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Boliviah
4.2x 3.6x 3.4 cm
$335
BBR23 Bournonite with Freibergite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Boliviah
5.4x 41x 2.4 cm
$295
BBR24 Bournonite with Freibergite
Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.2x 3.8x 3.2 cm
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