Famous mineral localities: Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia.(includes related article on the discovery of the Potosi mines and rule of Captain Caravajall) From: The Mineralogical Record | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: Petrov, Alfredo; Wilson, Wendell E. | COPYRIGHT 1999 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 Cerro Rico de Potosi is not only rich in mineral and ore deposits but in historical heritage as well. Potosi is known among mineral collectors for the small occurrence of a unique zinc-iron-manganese phosphate, known as phophyllite, and discovered in the 1950s. It was believed that the silver deposits in Potosi were first discovered by the Inca King Huaina Ccapac in 1462. The Cerro Rico deposits have been classified into four zones: the upper oxide zone, lower oxide zone, upper sulfide zo...

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