Galena, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite & Quartz

Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Toenail, 3.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Start Time: 01/20/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/26/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Sulfide combination specimens from Dal'negorsk rank among the finest in the world and this is an excellent miniature example. A fabulous, 1.6 cm, splendent, galena cuboctahedron, with striking skeletal features, is aesthetically perched on needle quartz matrix with golden chalcopyrite crystals. The bottom hosts several, bronzey, hexagonal, pyrrhotite crystals. Cute and classic material.

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