Enargite & Pyrite (classic old combo) ex Panczner Coll.

Item Description

An impressive, sharp, 1.8 cm, lustrous, metallic-gray, terminated, tapered on both ends, striated upright enargite crystal dramatically dominates this showy and classic mounded miniature combination from the famous mines at Butte. Many more enargite crystals and lustrous, brassy, striated pyritohedrons compose the classic matrix. Butte enargites are among the world's best and are a classic US species. See the fine 2002 Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 33, No. 1. Ex Bill Panczner Collection and acquired in the 1960s to 1980s. Bill was the first Curator of Earth Science at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in 1974 and the author of the 1987 book Minerals of Mexico. It is the most thorough summary of the subject. Read about Bill in the Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive at: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=841. Classic and excellent older combination material from Butte.