Pyrite pyritohedron with Quartz (Superb) ex Jaime Bird Coll.

Item Description

A stunning, ultra mirror-bright, brass-yellow, pyrite pyritohedron is beautifully accented with three, quartz crystal rosettes on this superb aethetic specimen from the famous Alimon Mine at Huaron, Peru. Overall, a highly unusual piece! The luster on this very elongated pyritohedron is off of the charts and the natural fracture and quartz rosettes really add pizzazz to this striking piece. The pyrite is pristine and rests on a thin crust of matrix. A couple of broken quartz crystals in the large rosette are barely noticable. Pyritohedrons are very uncommon from Huaron, as most are cubes. This is one of the very finest and more unusual pyrite combination specimens, that I have seen from the Alimon Mine. Pieces of this quality came out in the mid-1980s. Ex Jaime Bird Collection. Competition quality. Valued at $750