Arsenopyrite

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 04/12/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/16/2009 8:06:42 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An IMPRESSIVE cluster of LARGE, intergrown, lustrous, silvery/brassy metallic arsenopyrite crystals on just a bit of matrix. Crystals reach 3.3 cm on this complete all-around piece, that has just a trivial bit of edgewear. This showy piece is from the famous Yaogangxian Mine of China. These are among the best arsenopyrites in the world, along with Panasqueira and Mexico.

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