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Arsenopyrite
- San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
- Miniature, 4.4 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
- Start Time: 04/07/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/14/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
About 30 years ago, there were a handful of very good quality Arsenopyrite specimens on the market from the San Jose mine, but they all seemed to have dried up. This is one of the more attractive specimens of this material from that find that I have offered in the auctions. It is just covered with small, sharp, bright, metallic, grey, prismatic Arsenopyrite crystals plus on matrix. This piece was mined in 1980 and is a great example of this old material from one of the most famous mines in the Bolivian tin belt.