Pyrite (classic material)

Item Description

Pyrite is probably the most common and well-known sulfide in the world, found at thousands of localities. Any collector will tell you that when it comes to cubic crystals of Pyrite, there is no locality more productive and esteemed than the Ampliación a Victoria Mine in Navajún, Spain. For decades, the finest examples of the most common form of Pyrite have been found at this locality, consistently in fine quality specimens with textbook crystals. They are highly attractive, and arguably the finest crystallized representations of Pyrite ever seen, at least in cubic form. This piece features a superb, razor-sharp, highly lustrous, soft golden metallic colored cube of Pyrite measuring 2.1 cm on edge, aesthetically perched atop the host rock matrix. The piece is UN-repaired (which is important as many of them have to be glued back on the matrix), and with the exception of a few small imperfections, I can't find any damage.
This piece is from the collection of Chris and Agatha Galas.