Boulangerite w/ Pyrite (Ruggiero Coll.)

Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico
Cabinet, 13.7 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 12/18/2016 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/22/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A dense hair-like matte of scintillating metallic boulangerite needles with accenting brassy pyritohedrons and dogtooth calcite crystals covers the large hefty mixed sulfide ore matrix on this rich and impressive large specimen from this well-known Zacatecas mine. Specimens of this richness and high quality came out only in the 1960s. Classic and excellent large Noche Buena Mine boulangerite from the Ed Ruggiero Collection.

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