English: Alabandite - Locality: Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru - A cluster of alabandite crystals, the largest of which is about 2.5 cm. The specimen is 7.5 x 3.8 cm. The small crystals growing on the larger ones are also alabandite. There are some small crystals of proustite and another unknown minerals also on the specimen but not readily apparent on the photo. The specimen is in the collection of Bill Pinch, of Tucson Arizona. The specimen was purchased in Lima Peru by Jaroslav Hyrsl from an old collection. It was by far the best specimen of the species in the collection. It is not known how many specimens of alabandite that Uchucchacua has produced but if it has produced many alabandite specimens, few of them have survived. The miners know to look for and save rhodochrosite and silver speckmens from the mine, but black minerals like alabandite are most likely to just be run through the crushers or thrown out on the dump.