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Floater Pyrite xl (Japan) ex Jaime Bird Coll.
- Ashio mine, Tochigi Prefect., Honshu Island, Japan
- Thumbnail, 1.3 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
- Start Time: 05/30/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/03/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This historic copper mine was first worked in 1609. Good specimens from here are not often found on today's mineral market. This is a nearly pristine, slightly modified floater pyritohedron with mirror-bright, lightly iridescent faces and brassy color. Trivial edgewear is noted. Those are tension cracks on the crystal faces. Ex Jaime Bird Collection, with a 1977 date on his label. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON.