Pyrite (ex Harold Urish and Brian Kosnar collections)

Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
Miniature, 3.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 05/30/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/06/2013 6:47:31 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Butte is famous for producing some of the most beautiful Pyrite crystals from anywhere in the United States. You don't see nearly as many Butte Pyrite on the market anymore, and they will always hold their own on a worldwide scale. Here we have an older, classic and excellent condition specimen from Butte. Dozens of well-formed, sharp, lustrous Pyrite cubes with dodecahedral modifications sit on minor Enargite matrix. The largest Pyrite crystal measures 1.7 cm across. Excellent, old-time, display specimen. From the collection of Brian Kosnar, who obtained it from the Harold Urish collection. The label on the base says that Harold obtained the piece from Duane Johnson in 1991.

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