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Pyrrhotite ,Quartz & Cubanite on Calcite (Zukowski Coll.)
- Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 01/07/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/13/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A classic and excellent combination specimen from the famous Morro Velho Gold Mine. Water-clear quartz points to 3.0 cm and numerous, lustrous, calcite disks are richly and attractively peppered with lustrous, pseudohexagonal, brassy, platy, pyrrhotite crystals. The fatter crystals are pyrrhotite: The iridescent pyrrhotites reach 8 mm. Some of the more slender crystals, curving and smaller, are rare cubanites. This fine combination specimen is in excellent shape and probalby dates to the 1970s. Ex Zukowski Collection.