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Pyrite coating Tetrahedrite on Quartz (ex Van Tichelen Collection)
- Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru
- Miniature, 5.0 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm
- Start Time: 05/14/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/21/2015 6:51:03 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Years ago there were so many of these superb quality sulfides from Peru on the market, and they seem to have disappeared recently. This piece features dozens of sharp, lustrous, metallic cubic crystals of golden Pyrite completely coating a single tetrahedron of Tetrahedrite meausring 2.8 cm on edge. The Pyrite / Tetrahedrite combo is sitting beautifully on crystallized Quartz matrix. From the collection of Wouter Van Tichelen, this is a good quality display specimen, and these pieces are becoming more and more difficult to obtain these days. No damage.