Pyrite on Calcite

Item Description

This find was made a few of years back in China, and is absolutely unique: glittery, golden pyrite microcrystals on the edges of huge (to over 9 cm across!) crystals of calcite. These crystals are up to 3.2 cm across. Some of the specimens had very sparse coverage of pyrite, just a salting, but here, it is richly carpeting the crystal edges. Just a bit of periphery wear is noted. Striking material.