Pyrite, Quartz

Specimen ID: JUV-8L4

Mineral(s)
Pyrite : FeS2
Quartz : SiO2
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
6cm x 4.3cm x 2.3cm
Events

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6.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm. A fine, mirror-bright, brass-yellow pyrite pyritohedron is beautifully accented with three quartz crystal rosettes on this specimen from the Alimon Mine at Huaron, Peru. Overall, a highly unusual piece. The pyrite is pristine and rests on a thin crust of matrix. Pyritohedrons are very uncommon from Huaron, as most are cubes. This is one of the very finest and more unusual pyrite combination specimens that I have seen from the Alimon Mine. Pieces of this quality came out in the mid-1980s. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
Robert Lavinsky - 14th January 2010
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