Famous mineral localities: the Pacajake selenium mine Potosi, Bolivia. From: The Mineralogical Record | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Redwood, Stewart D. | COPYRIGHT 2003 The Mineralogical, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Pacajake mine, hidden high in the Cordillera Oriental of the Bolivian Andes, is famous for its rare selenides, selenates and selenites, and is the type locality for penroseite, ahlfeldite, olsacherite and mandarinoite. It was recently rediscovered after having stood abandoned for more than 60 years, and some new specimen material was collected, but the prospects for finding more are now as remote as the locality itself.

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