Pyrite cubes (classic locale)

Fuente del Moro, Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm
Start Time: 10/08/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/15/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Five, interpenetrating pyrite cubes and a single loner cube are very aesthetically set in clay matrix on this showy and excellent specimen from a classic Spanish locality - Navajun, La Rioja. The sharp, mirror-bright, brassy, crystals, to 3.0, have a light iridescence to them. One crystal in the cluster has cornerwear, but is mostly out of sight. Highly representative of the species and noted locale.

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