Arsenopyrite

Item Description

Unusual and somewhat skeletal metallic, silvery gray Arsenopyrite. Very heavy for its size, actually, it is a really unusual specimen of this material. The piece has an engaging textural component across the front as well as interesting open crevasses running along on the back. The crevasses are filled with platy metallic Arsenopyrite crystals while the front has a number of flat angular features intermixed with a microscopic spider web network of crystal structures. A highly unusual example from Nandan County, Guangxi, China. Ex. Kurt Hefendehl collection.