Arsenopyrite (superb aesthetic specimen) (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)

Item Description

The Huanggang Mine is one of the most prolific localities in China, producing some of the most iconic and eye-catching mineral specimens from any Chinese mine over the last 10+ years. Some of the finest and most attractive specimens of Arsenopyrite/Löllingite have come from this locality. This piece is a wonderful and highly aesthetic display specimen of Arsenopyrite featuring superb, lustrous, very sharp, metallic, bright silvery colored "cockscomb"-shaped groups of Arsenopyrite measuring up to 2.9 cm aesthetically intergrown and dramatically flaring of the underlying matrix. It's such a three-dimensional and eye-catching piece, better than the vast majority I've seen in terms of quality and displayability. No damage that I can find anywhere on the piece. A very impressive and desirable example of these soon to be classic specimens from this prolific locality. From the collection of Dr. Barratt Phillips.