Pyrite on Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)

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 flattened rhombs of pastel-pink manganoan calcite to 3.0 cm. Some of the specimens had very sparse coverage of pyrite, just a salting, but here, it is richly carpeting the crystal edges. A bit of scattered bruising and periphery wear is noted, but this remains a showy and highly representative example of the species and locale. It seems that there is not much available on the market, so if you missed out on them, here's your chance to get one. Bright orange fluorescence.